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Celestial Salad

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 7/11/21Updated: 8/14/24

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Celestial salad gets its name because it tastes heavenly.  It is the perfect light summer or spring salad with a lot of flavor and crunch.

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Favorite Spring Salad

Celestial Salad has been a family favorite at our house for years. It is always on our Easter menu as well as making frequent appearances on our dinner table throughout the year.  As far as I’m concerned it is pretty heavenly.

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I especially enjoy this salad in the spring and summer months.  There is just something about a salad with oranges in it that says “Spring” to me!

Ingredients

  • Romaine Lettuce
  • Cucumbers
  • Celery
  • Mandarin Oranges
  • Sugared Almonds
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Celestial Salad Dressing

The dressing is very light and is a combination of olive oil, sugar, white vinegar, red vinegar, salt and pepper and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes.

This salad dressing will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.

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How to Make Celestial Salad

  • Cut up celery, green onions and cucumbers
  • Drain mandarin oranges.
  • Sugar almonds using these directions.
  • Mix up dressing.
  • Combine all ingredients and add dressing.
pouring dressing over celestial salad
  • Toss to coat and serve.

The original recipe came from The Portland Palate, one of my favorite cookbooks.

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For other light, summer salad ideas try:

  • House Salad
  • Broccoli Salad
  • Strawberry Poppyseed Salad
  • Spinach Fruit Salad
  • House Salad

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Celestial Salad Recipe

4.84 from 6 votes
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Celestial Salad

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Celestial salad gets its name because it tastes heavenly.  It is the perfect light summer or spring salad with a lot of flavor and crunch.
serves: 6
Prep:10 minutes minutes
Total:10 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup celery chopped
  • 2 green onions sliced
  • 11 oz mandarin oranges drained
  • 1 cucumber peeled and diced
  • Romaine lettuce torn into pieces

Dressing

  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • dash of pepper
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 Tbsp white vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp red wine vinegar
  • a sprinkle of red pepper flakes

Sugared Almonds

  • 1/2 cup sliced almonds
  • 2 Tbsp sugar

Instructions

  • Sugar the Almonds
  • In a large bowl combine lettuce, celery, green onions, cucumber, oranges and nuts

For dressing:

  • Whisk together salt, pepper, oil, sugar, vinegar and red pepper flakes

Sugared Almonds

  • To sugar almonds place the sugar and almonds in a small frying pan and stir until the sugar melts and coats the nuts and they turn golden brown. Stir constantly.
  • Pour over salad and toss well

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 173kcal (9%) Carbohydrates: 11g (4%) Protein: 2g (4%) Fat: 13g (20%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Sodium: 209mg (9%) Potassium: 210mg (6%) Fiber: 2g (8%) Sugar: 8g (9%) Vitamin A: 250IU (5%) Vitamin C: 6.8mg (8%) Calcium: 46mg (5%) Iron: 0.6mg (3%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Salad
Cuisine:American
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Originally posted May 26, 2015

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  1. PJ says

    Posted on 6/6 at 1:23 am

    This salad is indeed celestial
    I usually don’t like sweet fruits in vegetable salads, but this combination sounded good, so I tried it. I only tweaked the dressing a bit – lemon juice instead of the vinegar (I don’t like white vinegar) and the sweet juice from the Mandarine oranges instead of the sugar.
    My husband, who requests new tastes regularly, was also pleased. The kids did not like it, but I expected that

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  2. Glynnis Kunzler says

    Posted on 4/14 at 3:58 am

    Made for Easter my whole family loved it

    Reply
  3. Sheila says

    Posted on 2/13 at 2:42 pm

    You mention sugared almonds, but it doesn’t give instructions on how to do it. There are 2 T sugar included in the ingredients. Is that for the almonds? At the end of the dressing ingredients it just says, “sugar the almonds”. Could you please clarify?

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 2/22 at 12:31 pm

      I updated the recipe – sorry about that!

      Reply
      • Toni says

        Posted on 3/29 at 8:33 am

        It still doesn’t say how to sugar the almonds. Just says sugar the almonds.

        Reply
        • Leigh Anne Wilkes says

          Posted on 3/29 at 8:41 am

          The directions are there but they were kind of hidden, I just updated the recipe to make it easier to find. I also have a tutorial here on how to sugar or candy nuts.https://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/how-to-make-candie-pecans/

          Reply
  4. Laura says

    Posted on 4/12 at 3:57 am

    How many almonds does the recipe call for? It looks like it is maybe supposed to say 1/2.
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 4/12 at 7:08 am

      Should be a 1/2 Cup – I made the change in the recipe. Thanks!

      Reply
  5. Vicki says

    Posted on 5/26 at 10:52 pm

    Definitely trying this one – I served a similar salad from your site recently, one with strawberries, and it was a huge hit. Those sugared almonds rock!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 5/27 at 7:29 am

      This is a good one too – enjoy! You are right about the almonds!!!

      Reply
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