Winter Salad

Citrus Salad with Toasted Seeds and Pine Nuts

Try this delicious winter salad with your next meal. It's light and refreshing and you will definitely not have left-overs!

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts
• 1 tablespoon grated shallot
• 2 teaspoons apricot preserves or marmalade or good quality honey
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon lemon or orange juice
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 heads Bibb lettuce, cleaned and dried and torn
• 1 navel orange, peeled and sections removed with a paring knife
• 1 small ruby red grapefruit, peeled and sections removed with a paring knife

Directions:

• Gently toast the sunflower and sesame seeds with the pine nuts in small pan over medium heat.
• Combine the shallot, preserves or honey, Dijon, juice and vinegar. Whisk in the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Combine the lettuce, orange and grapefruit sections, dress with the seeds and dressing just before serving.

*Serves 4