Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2006

I love this salad. My company loved this salad. The only thing i did differently was not to juice the mandarin oranges. I used canned mandarins and purreed them in my hand chopper. Tasted delicious in the salad. Also added 1 tsp of honey to the dressing. Great flavour combo's in this salad.

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COOKINFORFUN

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2010

The citrus vinaigrette is a nice counterbalance to the salad, providing just a touch of needed acidity to the richness of the salad componets. I did add a pinch of sugar despite having used a meyer lemon (could have been the oranges that were less sweet than expected), but otherwise followed the recipe. ~Tip to take the 'bite' out of raw red onion : Blanch sliced onion 15-20 sec in boiling water, then shock in ice water; chop as needed~. Thanks Donna.

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Nicolette

Reviewed: Jun. 3, 2005

this is a good recipe although i baked my walnuts w/ brown sugar and grand marnier for 15 minutes at 200 until crunchy.. fantastic

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GREYAK

Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2005

This salad was good, but it didn't taste like I thought it would. I made 3 changes. 1. I added salt & pepper to the dressing to give it a bit more flavor. 2. I also used canned mandarin oranges instead of nectarines. 3. Instead of 1/2 a lemon, I used the juice of a whole lemon. All of the tastes together was very interesting. I paired it with a very spicy chicken dish I prepared. It was a nice cool salad paired with a spicy dish. I will probably make again.

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ZANNAH17

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Arlington, Texas, USA

Living In: Centennial, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2005

This was great! I didn't exactly follow directions, though. I used romano lettuce, fetta cheese, walnuts, tomatoes and avacado just thrown together with this dressing. The dressing was fabulous, and it can be used with any salad, as I proved with my random concoction. :)

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ANNERSBANANERZ

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

Living In: San Jose, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2006

WOW !! This salad rules! Light,and totally flavorful. I also used candied walnuts-pan toasted with grand marnier and splenda brown sugar.Yummo!!

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PURPLEONE

Reviewed: May 4, 2005

Everyone loved this salad! I used feta instead of blue cheese and people raved! The dressing was great but I would use one orange instead of two. The lemony flavor of it is what makes it so good. Great combination of flavors though, nuts in salad are always great!

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JENNAC8I8

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Hooksett, New Hampshire, USA

Living In: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2004

I brought this to a big pot-luck dinner party, and everyone was talking about it. They all wanted to know who made the salad. Everyone agreed that it was a really unique combination, but that all the flavors really worked well together.

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Bryan

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Austin, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2005

The perfect salad to accompany a dinner for guests. I added more avocado than indicated, but that's my preference. Also, I candied the walnuts. Perfect!

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Darbie Esther

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: San Rafael, California, USA

Living In: Hillsboro, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2005

This received raves when I served... I was very surprised how well the tangerine juice mixed with the Olive Oil. I juiced a number of tangerines to make this and found a lot of dressing leftover - not sure why. Anyhow, this will be used again.

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