Prawn and spinach salad with mandarins
INGREDIENTS
1 tsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp honey
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
500g whole raw prawns, peeled and deveined, tails intact
zest and segments from 3 mandarins
100g baby spinach leaves
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 Continental cucumber, peeled and seeded, thinly sliced diagonally
METHOD
1. Whisk the mustard, honey and vinegar together in a jug. Slowly drizzle in 2 tablespoons of the oil while whisking continuously until fully incorporated. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a large frying pan over medium high heat and add the remaining oil to the hot pan. Toss the prawns with the mandarin zest and cook for 4-5 minutes or until just cooked through.
3. Toss the spinach, onion, mandarin segments and cucumber with enough of the dressing to coat. Mound the salad onto the centre of serving plates.
4. Top each salad with the cooked prawns and drizzle any remaining dressing over the prawns and serve.
SEAT OF MY SOUL 
August 7, 2010 at 8:31 am
Gosh, I wish you lived alot closer. I’d love to come to your house for supper!
August 7, 2010 at 9:10 am
And I promise you would be welcome any day!!! Take care my friend xxx
August 7, 2010 at 8:49 am
my favorite kind of desert.
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August 7, 2010 at 9:14 am
Mine too…I can eat this forever…my favourite food in the whole wide world!! Hugs x
August 7, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Yummy! Great ingredients. Shrimp is one of my favorites. Mandarins and spinach leaves. What a great salad! Thank you for sharing.
August 7, 2010 at 12:31 pm
It looks so delicious!
I couldnt stop thinking of it! Im so hungry now!!!!
How can I stand this now!!!!!
Love and hug!
August 7, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Lick your lips…I know…it looks devine and tastes even better!!! Semding you much love xxxx
August 7, 2010 at 2:34 pm
The is not a single day that I would refuse that, girl you are a domestic goddess!
August 7, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Prawns are most probably tops om my list of favorites….forever!!!! Wanna have some with me? xxxx
August 7, 2010 at 8:08 pm
WOW!!! Looks amazing. Thanx for sharing this…came across your blog while surfing around looking for blogs on WordPress. Yummy. Will read some more :o) xx
August 9, 2010 at 7:25 am
Thanks Colleen for being here..I will return the compliment ~ Hugs x
August 9, 2010 at 2:53 am
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awards for you.
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August 9, 2010 at 5:38 am
You put so many of my favs together in one dish: shrimp, spinach, mandarine oranges, and cucumber . . . and how original. Thanks! And this one is easy on the hips! xox