Name: Summer Citrus Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups mixed greens; 2 navel oranges, peeled and sliced into ¼-inch thick slices, pop out the seeds; 1 large grapefruit, peeled and sliced or segmented; 1 large avocado, sliced; ½ cup blackberries; ¼ cup red onions, sliced; 2 tablespoons orange juice, freshly squeezed; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon honey; ½ teaspoon salt (or more to taste); ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper (or more to taste)

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This Summer Citrus Salad is delicious, tangy, and colorful. Loaded with fresh fruit including oranges, grapefruit, and blackberries, all tossed in a citrus dressing, this salad is not only nutritious but it's a beautiful addition to any meal.

Plus, it takes less than 10 minutes to make. Serve this citrus orange salad as a light lunch, part of a summer picnic or BBQ spread, or for a side at dinner.

This Summer Citrus Salad is delicious, tangy, and colorful. It’s loaded with fresh fruit including oranges and grapefruit tossed in a citrus dressing. | aheadofthyme.com

Why You'll Love this Summer Citrus Salad

A go-to summer recipe. This tasty, go-to salad contains the best summer fixings and local farmer's market finds such as like salad greens, oranges, and blackberries. It's a mashup of three of my favourite summer salad recipes: Summer Fruit Salad, Mixed Greens Salad, and Mandarin Orange Salad.
Packed with Vitamin C. This salad is loaded with citrus fruits including oranges, grapefruits and lemon. These fruits are high in vitamin C, which helps support the immune system, prevents colds and recurrent infections, promotes cardiovascular health, and is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer.
It's healthy and nutritious. This simple fruit salad is packed with nutrients, including vitamin c, vitamin a, vitamin b1, manganese, zinc, selenium, phytonutrients, fiber, potassium, copper, pantothenic acid, and calcium. Basically, a lot of good stuff!!
Quick and easy to make. This no bake recipe takes less than 10 minutes to make, and even faster if you are quick with peeling oranges.

Ingredient Notes

To make this delicious Summer Citrus Salad, you will need the following ingredients (full measurements in recipe card below):

mixed greens - we used spring mix salad greens, but any salad greens will work. Try it with arugula, romaine lettuce, or spinach.
citrus fruits - we use navel oranges and grapefruit. Feel free to switch it up with whatever is in season. In fact, I make this salad all the time in the winter too using blood oranges and other seasonal citrus fruits.
avocado
blackberries - or substitute with other berries such as blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries.
red onions - adds a little kick that balances out the acidity of the salad. You can leave this out if you prefer.
orange citrus dressing - made in minutes with freshly squeezed orange juice, lemon juice, olive oil, honey, salt, and pepper. To make this salad vegan, substitute the honey with maple syrup or agave.

How to Make the Best Summer Citrus Salad

Combine salad ingredients. Line a large serving bowl with the salad greens. Arrange the oranges, grapefruit, avocado, blackberries, and red onion on top and around the lettuce. Season with salt and pepper.

Make dressing. In a small mixing bowl, combine the orange juice, lemon juice, olive oil, honey, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine.
Add dressing. Pour the dressing over the salad or serve on the side.

How to Serve

Serve this Summer Citrus Salad for a light lunch or as a side salad with dinner. You can also add in some protein such as grilled chicken, grilled shrimp, salmon, or tofu.

Some of our favorite summer recipes to pair this fresh fruit salad with are:

Storing Instructions

Make ahead instructions: To make this orange salad ahead of time, I would suggest prepping the ingredients (except the avocado), making the dressing, and storing the two in separate airtight containers. When ready to serve, cut up the avocado, assemble the salad, and pour the dressing on top.
How to store: Summer citrus salad is best eaten fresh since the dressing will start to soften the greens. If you do have leftovers, store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 1-2 days.

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