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Radicchio & Endive Salad with Orange

Bitter radicchio and endive with sweet orange segments, toasted walnuts, and shaved parmesan, in a shallot-sherry vinaigrette — bright, light, and quick alongside any protein.

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Radicchio & Endive Salad with Orangemade by Eda
Serves
2
Time
15 min
Calories
~280
Meal-prep
×2

Why it works

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Brain & mood

Toasted walnuts add plant omega-3s for heart and brain.

walnuts
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Gentle digestion

Bitter radicchio and endive support digestion and are very low in sugar.

radicchio · endive
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Bone bonus

A little shaved parmesan brings calcium, and orange adds vitamin C.

parmesan · orange

01 Shallot-sherry vinaigrette

scratch or buy

Shallot-sherry vinaigrette

  • 3 T + 2 Tolive oil + sherry vinegar
  • 1shallot, finely sliced, soaked in 2 T watersoaking mellows the bite
  • 1 tsp + ½ tspmustard + honey
  1. Soak the sliced shallot in the water for 5 min, then whisk with the oil, vinegar, mustard, and honey.
  2. (Or use a bottled shallot or sherry vinaigrette.)

02 The salad

toss

The salad

  • 4 cupsradicchio + endive, tornbitter greens for digestion
  • 1orange, segmentedvitamin C
  • ⅓ cuptoasted walnutsplant omega-3s
  • 2 Tbspshaved parmesancalcium
  1. Tear the greens, segment the orange, and toast the walnuts.
  2. Toss everything with the vinaigrette and top with the shaved parmesan.

Make it work harder (optional)

Add white beans, chickpeas, or a few sardines to turn it into a light meal (more protein and calcium).

What's in it & what it does

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Toasted walnuts

Plant omega-3s for heart and brain.

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Radicchio & endive

Bitter greens that aid digestion — and very low in sugar.

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Orange

Bright vitamin C to lift the whole plate.

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Shaved parmesan

A little calcium and salty savor.

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