Just what I need, colour and vitamins – Orange and Apricot Salad With Hazelnuts and Maple Syrup
So this was Christmas to paraphrase John Lennon and although I have enjoyed it all, it feels good it is all over and I can get going again with my normal life. Well we have that New Year’s stuff to do but is far less labour intense so I can take that. We had a nice quiet Christmas with my Italian family, lots of nice food and happy faces and what else can you ask for?
But now I crave healthier food, colours and vitamins are high on my list and the choice was easy when I was pondering what recipe to post here on Lucullian, with an overload of oranges and clementines, the choice was ever so easy – I was going to make a fruit salad with oranges. Oranges and the most wonderful dried apricots I ever tried, ecological and therefore brown and ugly to look at but oh so sweet and tasty in your mouth. But to make the orange salad even more orangey, I have added finely chopped candied orange peel and then some chopped hazelnuts and to top it off I added a little of my precious maple syrup that sweet Elizabeth gave me at the Plate To Page Workshop in October (btw, there is still a space free for you at the Plate To Page UK Workshop in May 2012, hurry up and register here). A simple and incredibly easy to make dessert but fresh and healthy because you need so very little of sweetener that you could actually skip it if you want.
ORANGE AND APRICOT SALAD WITH HAZELNUTS AND MAPLE SYRUP
2 servings
4 small or 2 huge oranges
4 dried apricots, preferably ecological
1 tbsp finely chopped candied orange peel
2 tbsp chopped hazelnuts
2 tbsp maple syrup, optional
Peel the oranges with a small and sharp knife, then cut them into thin slices that you put in a bowl. Slice the dried apricots thinly and add them, the chopped candied orange pell and the hazelnuts to the oranges.
Add the maple syrup and mix carefully before serving.
L
I have been eating too much, and because I needed to be tested for celiac I have been eating way too much gluten. I feel it in my whole body but mostly in my joints. I need to eat healthy for few days to recover.
I love the choice of black for the background, lovely photos.
Major YUM!!!
Happy Faces! Hooray for those! That eases work so much.
Love the orange salad!
This looks just perfectly delicious and simple. I think I’ll make it with French “clementine” oranges.
Looks delicious. Would love for you to share your pictures with us over at foodepix.com.
Looks perfect at this dark time of the year.
Happy new year to you!
We’ve got an over-abundance of nectarines from our tree, all ripe at once – so could maybe make a summer version of this – still have the wonderful dash of colour and vitamins.
Wonderful Pics!! And I love the recipe, specially for these days, that after eating so much lately, we need a fresh & healthy meal!
Tack för titten hos mig. Jag blev så glad för dina uppmuntrande ord. Hoppas verkligen att vi kan ses någon gång under året – det vore riktigt kul. Härligt med nyttig mat och frukt efter helgen. Apelsiner på det här sättet blir så gott. Jag har inte testat just den här smaksättningen men det låter som en perfekt smakmatchning. Ekologiska aprikoser är överlägsna även om färgen är lite dystrare. Ett riktigt gott nytt år med mycket trevligt önskar jag dig! Kram Eva
Sounds like something I need now as well! Love those orange colours, almost feel healthy just looking at it;)
Love the simple procedures…I bet after the greasy, oily dishes from Christmas, a lot of us will crave for something as healthy and light as this salad. Thanks for the post!
Oh, Ilva, what gorgeous photos! I love the oranges dressed in their lacy undies–perfect for this period between the holidays that always feels a little like a good lie-in.
Happy New Year, my friend.
I need to eat light soon! Too many parties over here! This looks absolutely perfect
Happy New Year to you!
I am not a fan of orange at all but the pictures here are so beautiful I’m almost tempted!