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Hometown Recipes: Refreshing Fig and Orange Vinaigrette

by Erin Walgamuth

My family and I were at our friend’s Rose and David’s house for a wonderful get-together last weekend. As usual, we all had a wonderful time visiting with our old friends and thoroughly enjoying the fantastic food made by Rose.Erin Walgamuth

I couldn’t get enough of the salad she put together with her homemade vinaigrette, which was simple to make and very refreshing. I liked the vinaigrette so much that I made it last night and we had it on our salad, yum! I did have to change it up a bit however as Rose used Blood Orange olive oil in the mix and I don’t have any, booboo! Of course, I am going to hunt some down a.s.a.p., and I will let you know where I find it!


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I tossed together mixed baby salad greens, baby spinach and arugula in a large bowl. I added fresh blueberries, crumbled gorgonzola cheese and some walnuts and tossed with the dressing, lightly coating the ingredients. It was delicious and I will make the vinaigrette often as my family loves it.

Thank you Rose!

Note- Over the holidays I visited the Oil & Vinegar store at the Valencia Town Center Mall, it is fantastic! You can purchase fig balsamic vinegar there as well as many other flavors of vinegar and oils. I will look to see if they have blood orange olive oil and let you know, but in the meantime you can use fresh oranges or tangerines.

 

Makes a bit over ¾ cup of vinaigrette

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

1/8 cup fig balsamic vinegar

5 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice

1 pinch sea salt or to taste

 

Erin Walgamuth has been an assistant Food Stylist for television and print for the past 26 years and writes this column using her own recipes. Check out her other creations in our Hometown Recipe section.

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Hometown Recipes: Refreshing Fig and Orange Vinaigrette

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About Andrew Delgado

Santa Clarita born and raised, Andrew graduated from Canyon High School in 2007. After high school, Andrew moved on to further his education at California State University, Northridge. Andrew finished his degree in Northern California at California State University, Chico. Graduating in 2012 with a Bachelor's Degree in journalism and minor in cinema studies, Andrew joined the KHTS AM 1220 family in June of 2012, where he manages the award winning website, hometownstation.com.