Spinach salad with lychee mango dressing
Created by ellie on June 20, 2023
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 0m
- Recipe #40994
Ingredients
- 4 cups baby spinach leaves
- 1 sweet onion, sliced into thin rings
- 15 lychees (original recipe said 25 but I only used 15)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice (original recipe said to use lime juice)
- 1 ounce, candied ginger, chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 mango, peeled and pitted (use half for salad and half for dressing)
- 1/3 cup cashews, optional (toasted)
How to Make
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Step 1: In a large salad bowl or platter toss the spinach and onion together.
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Step 2: Place 4 or 5 lychees in center. Toss.
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Step 3: Arrange mango slices over spinach.
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Step 4: Sprinkle with cashews, if using.
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Step 5: In blender add the peeled and pitted lychees, remaining mango, peeled and pitted lychees, lime or lemon juice, olive oil, ginger and salt. Blend until smooth.
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Step 6: Pour dressing over salad. You can store remaining dressing in refrigerator.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (172.5 g)
- Calories 164.9
- Total Fat - 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.9 g
- Cholesterol - 3.5 mg
- Sodium - 121.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 9.9 g
- Protein - 3 g
- Calcium - 51.5 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 28.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg