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Favorite Winter Citrus Salads

I was in the market yesterday and was so excited that blood oranges have arrived! I love to use them in salads and salad dressings — and the color is so gorgeous on the plate.

Winter is a great season to combine citrus in salads since oranges, clementines, Meyer lemons, blood oranges and grapefruit are ripe, delicious, and readily available from your CSA box, farmer’s market, and grocery store.

To celebrate the abundance of citrus right now, here’s a round-up of favorite Forest Feast winter citrus salads….

Blood Orange Cabbage Salad

Citrus Salad

Orange Avocado Salad

Seared Fennel & Clementine Salad from The Forest Feast Mediterranean cookbook

These recipes come together in a matter of minutes, and they act as an easy way to get some extra Vitamin C during cold and flu season!

Bon Appetit!

xx

Erin

Blood Orange Cabbage Salad

Blood Orange Cabbage Salad

Citrus Salad

Citrus Salad

Orange Avocado Salad

Orange Avocado Salad

Seared Fennel & Clementine Salad

Seared Fennel & Clementine Salad

Spring Kohlrabi Salad

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A spring-y salad that would be great for an Easter or Passover meal!

photos and illustration by Erin Gleeson

Fresh Figs with Peppered Honey, Goat Cheese and Mint

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I apologize for the lack of recent posts! I am in New York for photo shoots and meetings, but I promise to post new recipes soon.  In the meantime, here are some previously posted recipes that I have made new watercolor titles for. Enjoy!

photos and illustration © www.eringleeson.com

Campfire Cocktail Hour

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Some of our best friends from New York came to visit last week and we had a great time showing them our neck of the woods. After a trip down the road to Fogarty Winery, we came back to the house and enjoyed some wine on the deck at sunset. We started with a bottle of Rose Brut, then moved on to Fogarty Pinot Noir. It was a bit chilly, so we got the outdoor fire going. Cocktail hour snacks included: Délice de Bourgogne and manchego cheese with apples, dried figs, artichoke spinach dip, turkey kielbasa, spicy paprika pepitas, pesto caper bites, and a bit of left over marguerita pizza from flour + water in San Francisco from the night before. 

photos and illustration © erin gleeson