Mardi Gras Salad Recipe for Your Festive Mardi Gras Menu

Mardi Gras Salad Recipe Starts Your Menu Off Right!

Whether you live in a city that celebrates Mardi Gras or not, make sure you celebrate with a delicious festive Mardi Gras Menu! What better way to start off your trim and terrific meal than with this Mardi Gras Salad. Get in the spirit with this festive Mardi Gras Salad recipe of oranges, bacon, carrots, red onions, and green spinach representing Mardi Gras colors with a delicious slightly sweet dressing.

Mardi Gras Salad
Get in the spirit with this festive salad of oranges, bacon, carrots, red onions, and green spinach representing Mardi Gras colors with a delicious slightly sweet dressing. Make the dressing ahead of time, have the salad ingredients ready to mix together and toss when ready to serve.

Servings8-10 servings

Ingredients
  • 2teaspoon finely chopped onion
  • 1/2cup cider vinegar
  • 1/4cup sugar
  • 1teaspoon ground dry mustard
  • 1/4cup olive oil
  • 1pieces head red tip lettucewashed, drained and torn into
  • 1 package baby spinachwashed and drained, 10-ounce
  • 1/2cup chopped red onion
  • 2 cans mandarin orangesdrained, 11-ounce
  • 1/3cup shredded carrots
  • 4slices center cut baconcrisply fried and crumbled

Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the onion, vinegar, sugar, mustard and olive oil. Refrigerate until ready to toss salad. In a large salad bowl, combine lettuce, spinach, red onion, mandarin oranges, carrots and bacon. Toss dressing with salad when ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

Calories 112, Calories from fat (%) 50, Fat (g) 7, Saturated Fat (g) 1, Cholesterol (mg) 2, Sodium (mg) 78, Carbohydrate (g) 13, Dietary Fiber (g) 2, Protein (g) 2, Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1 1/2 fat

Terrific Tip: Cook bacon in the microwave for crispy bacon without the fat. Drain on paper towels after cooking. Center cut bacon is a better choice to use.

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