This salad was an amazing combination of sweet flavors. It's green base is spinach, and it has both a veggie and fruit component. I choose 2 sweet veggies, carrots and sweet potatoes. And 2 sweet fruits, mandarin oranges and cranberries. I mixed them together with 1/4 a cup of cooked quinoa. Then I added balsamic with a dollop of honey as the dressing. This was a wonderfully sweet and complex salad. It was also rather orange because the veggie and oranges five it the wonderful color, thus Orangy Salad. I made enough for 2 meals which was great because it was such a wonderful meal and I got to enjoy it twice. This salad takes a little bit more prep than most, since the quinoa needs to be cooked, as does the sweet potato. However, the prep is worth it. I also recommend chilling the cooked potato and quinoa before scooping them in with the rest of the ingredients and tossing with the dressing.
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