topic Re: Oranges! in Recipes

Oranges!

Knit-Chick — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:56:08 GMT

We've been getting some really good oranges lately. I've been getting both navel and cara cara oranges for a decent price. Does anyone have some good ways to use them?

Lately our favorite is a simply salad - orange wedges drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and kosher salt/pepper. Sometimes I'll add roasted beets and blue cheese. That's what we're having tonight with a bowl of soup.

During the day I'll make an orange smoothie with oranges, coconut water, carrots, apple, tumeric, ginger and and frozen banana or mango.

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Solar Is My Name — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:15:56 GMT

@Knit-Chick that smoothie sounds good!

I just use Clementines, wash, cut into 6 or 8 wedges, and then pull out the wedges from the peel. They happily grace my breakfast plate. But of course I've added little peeled wedges to salads and hot veggies too.

Happy 2022 to you!

-Solar

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Annabellethecat66 — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:45:47 GMT

I like anything orange or cherry.

I eat a lot of orange and cherry tootsie roll pops.

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walkingal — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:33:17 GMT

@Knit-Chick Where are you getting your oranges?

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godi — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:08:36 GMT

We dice up a pineapple and carra carra and clementines in a bowl stir and let it chill. It's a great citrus island salad.

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beach-mom — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:04:23 GMT

@Knit-Chick - We've been having good luck with oranges too! I went into buy them for Christmas stockings and couldn't believe how big the ones in front were. The produce guy steered me to some small, less expensive ones on the side, then told me those were actually juicier. He was right. DH asked me where I got them!

We like them plain, but we also like them in salads, like you. I make a spinach salad with oranges, crumbled bacon, and blue cheese.

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Knit-Chick — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:01:51 GMT

@walkingal just the regular grocery store -- we have Fresh Thyme and Meijers here

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Knit-Chick — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:02:19 GMT

@godi wrote:
We dice up a pineapple and carra carra and clementines in a bowl stir and let it chill. It's a great citrus island salad.

A critus salad sounds good! Thank you

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Knit-Chick — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:03:17 GMT

@beach-mom your salad sounds good! The bags I've been buying have smaller oranges. I bought a few larger navels, but the skin was so thick.

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walkingal — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:14:25 GMT

@Knit-Chick I thought you might be ordering them on line. My grocery stores have good oranges too.

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Nightowlz — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:53:19 GMT

I just bought 2 more 4 lb bags of oranges. They are so good. I just ate one.

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kate2357 — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:03:26 GMT

For just peeling and eating, I like the heirloom oranges. 🍊

For the small Satsuma oranges I use in a green salad, with celery, pecans, chicken and feta cheese.