Feed your face with a healthy salad. Providing close to 100% of the recommended daily dose of age-defying, collagen-boosting vitamin C, this sumptuous summer treat is also ripe with naringenin — a naturally occurring flavonone in oranges that may help shield skin from UV rays.1 Time To Table: 10 minutes
Serves: 4
The Benefits
- Excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate
- Good source of fiber, iron, magnesium, potassium
- Healing nutrients: lutein, zeaxanthin, naringenin
- Low sodium, gluten free
Ingredients
8 cups fresh organic baby spinach
2 whole organic oranges
12 leaves fresh organic peppermint
Preparation
Peel oranges and slice each into eight slices. Chop eight of the peppermint leaves and mix with fresh spinach. Divide greens mixture among four serving dishes. Top each with four orange slices and one mint leaf in the center. Try drizzling with an organic Lemon Poppyseed Vinaigrette or Raspberry Vinaigrette. Serve.
Nutrition Information
46.69 kcal Calories, 10.32 g Carbohydrate, 0 mg Cholesterol, 0.34 g Total Fat, 3.13 g Fiber, 2.44 g Protein, 48.33 mg Sodium, 6.38 g Sugars, 0.06 g Saturated Fat, 0 trans Fat, 0.02 g Monounsaturated Fats, 0.13 g Polyunsaturated Fat
Reference
- El-Mahdy, M. A. et al., Photochemistry and Photobiology 2007 Dec 15 [Epub ahead of print].
Recipe by
[Kelley Herring is the Founder & CEO of Healing Gourmet. She is also the creator of Healing Gourmet's Personalized Nutrition Software and Editor-in-Chief of the Healing Gourmet book series published by McGraw-Hill, including Eat to Fight Cancer, Eat to Beat Diabetes, Eat to Lower Cholesterol and Eat to Boost Fertility. ]