Bird’s Nest Salad with Citrus Dressing

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Celebrate Easter and welcome spring with this not-your-ordinary salad. Children will be delighted to help you with the nest-building business!

Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw

Preparation Time: 40

Serves: 3


Ingredients for the eggs: Orange eggs:
  • 1 orange bell pepper, seeds removed, and diced
  • ½ cup macadamia nuts, soaked for a couple of hours and drained
  • ½ cup ground golden flax seeds
  • 2 tsp. fresh lime juice
  • 1/3 tsp. Celtic sea salt
Red eggs:
  • ½ cup pre-soaked sun-dried tomatoes, drained, water reserved
  • 1/3 cup red bell pepper, seeds removed, and diced
  • ½ cup macadamia nuts, soaked for a couple of hours and drained
  • ½ cup ground golden flax seeds
  • 2 Tbs. water from soaked tomatoes
  • 2 tsp. lime juice
  • 1/3 tsp. Celtic sea salt
Yellow eggs:
  • ½ cup pre-soaked macadamia nuts
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, seeds removed, and diced
  • ½ cup ground golden flax seeds
  • 2 tsp. lime juice
  • 1/3 tsp. Celtic sea salt
  • ¾ tsp. ground turmeric
Ingredients for the salad:
  • Frisee, or you can use spinach leaves or Romaine lettuce
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • Cucumbers
  • Grape tomatoes
Ingredients for citrus salad dressing:
  • juice of 1 grapefruit (about 3/4 cup)
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
  • ¼ tsp. Celtic sea salt
  • 4 Tbs. raw almond butter, or ¼ cup olive oil
Eggs: Prepare orange eggs by placing macadamia nuts in a food processor, and processing them until crushed, then add orange pepper and 2 tsp. lime juice, and continue blending until you get more or less homogenous orange mix. Add salt and ground flax seed, and mix once again. Transfer to a small bowl to thicken for a few minutes while you are preparing the red and yellow colored eggs the same way. Salad dressing: Blend all ingredients together in a blender or food processor until well mixed. Transfer to a bowl. Salad assembly: Arrange the chosen greens on a big plate, add cut cucumbers and grape tomatoes. Construct a nest out of alfalfa sprouts. Shape a few “eggs” out of the colorful mixes you prepared, and place them in the nest. Serve with the citrus dressing on the side. Note: Preparation time is 40 minutes, plus soaking time.

Ingredients: almond butter, cucumber, flax seeds, garlic, grapefruit, lettuce, lime, macadamia nuts, spinach, sprouts, sundried tomato, sweet pepper, tomato

Recipe Type: Dressing, Main Course, Salad