This salad meal prep post has been sponsored by Rubbermaid®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This delicious salad meal prep is made with citrus, fennel, feta and walnut salad is here to help you achieve your New Years goals of enjoying healthy foods! Cara cara and blood oranges highlight the amazing citrus during the winter season and pair wonderfully with the other healthy ingredients. Salad meal prep has never been easier with Rubbermaid® TakeAlongs® Meal Prep Containers, available for purchase in-store at Walmart.
When the new year hits I know I’m really happy about a fresh start and looking forward to eating healthy and getting organized! I am a huge fan of doing salad meal prep Sunday night to have on hand for the week ahead, and since it is citrus season I made cara cara, and blood oranges the main ingredients of this salad. Citrus goes perfect with toasted walnuts, thinly sliced fennel, mint leaves, and chunks of feta over mixed greens. The salad dressing is a simple vinaigrette you can make at home with olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper.
What You Will Need for This Salad
Citrus You can use any citrus you would like, I used a combination of cara cara oranges, and blood oranges, but you could use mandarins, navel, grapefruit, etc. The citrus adds a nice pop of color to this salad and it can be stored separately than the greens in the container to keep the citrus juices from the delicate greens.
Walnuts are a great addition to salads. In addition to the nutty flavor they are also a great way to boost your antioxidants and omega-3s. Toasting the walnuts really bring out their flavor; to toast, simply heat in a pan over medium heat for about 3-5 minutes, until fragrant and starting to brown, stirring often.
Fennel looks like a cross between an onion and celery stalk, but it doesn’t taste like ether of those foods. Instead it adds a unique anise-like flavor, and is best in this salad when thinly sliced with a mandolin or knife.
Feta Cheese adds a bit of saltiness to this salad. I like to use a block of good quality feta and slice it into approximately 1 oz chunks.
Mint makes everything taste fresher and is a nice finishing touch on this salad!
Dressing can be homemade by combining olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, salt and pepper. But if making homemade dressing is not your thing, feel free to use your favorite store-bought dressing. If you are bringing your salads to work, just bring the whole bottle or divide it up into little containers ahead of time.
Rubbermaid® TakeAlongs® Meal Prep Containers can be purchased in-store at Walmart and are perfect for this meal prep salad and any other pre-made meal prep you do! For this salad I used the snacker version with the built in divider to keep the food fresh. Rubbermaid® also sells bowls and divided rectangle versions. I love that these containers are durable for long term use and are microwave, dishwasher and freezer safe.
Meal Prep Salad with Citrus, Feta, Walnuts, Fennel and mint
This delicious salad meal prep is made with citrus, fennel, feta and walnut salad is here to help you achieve your New Years goals of enjoying healthy foods! Cara cara and blood oranges highlight the amazing citrus during the winter season and pair wonderfully with the other healthy ingredients.
Ingredients
- 3 cups mixed greens
- 4 oz feta cheese
- 2 cara cara oranges sliced into 1/2 inch thick rounds
- 4 blood oranges sliced into 1/2 inch thick rounds
- large handful mint sliced
- 1/2 cup walnuts toasted
- 1/2 cup fennel thinly sliced
Dressing
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey or more, to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Add the citrus rounds to the smaller divided section of the snacker or divided rectangle version of the Rubbermaid® TakeAlongs® Meal Prep Containers. Divide the citrus rounds evenly between four different containers.
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In the larger divided section evenly divide the rest of the ingredients including the greens, walnuts, fennel, and mint.
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Make dressing by adding olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, salt and pepper to a jar. Secure the lid and shake vigorously until well mixed. Divide dressing into four small dressing jars/containers and add to large divided section of your meal prep container.
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Put lids on your meal prep salads and refrigerate until you are ready to eat! Meal prep salads last up to 4 days. When you enjoy your salad use your fork and knife to move the citrus over to the large section and cut up feta and orange slices into smaller bite-sized pieces.
Recipe Video
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If you make any of this Salad Meal Prep with Citrus, Fennel, Feta & Walnut over Greens please share on instagram using hashtag #Rubbermaid #rainbowdelicious & and tag me at @rainbowdelicious , I’d love to see what you are up to in your kitchen!
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Fantastic salad meal prep option. So many healthy ingredients – just what I expect from a good lunch!
Thanks Mahy!
This salad is easy, delicious, and perfect for meal prep. Meals like this make it easy to stick with a healthier diet. 🙂
Thanks Anita!
I know what I will be having for lunch tomorrow! Such a great recipe for the new year; looks amazing!
Thanks Sara, hope you love the salad!
I love this fresh idea! Your pictures are beautiful and I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Thanks Cyndy! Enjoy!
This turned out to be the perfect healthy lunch for me this week! I made a few of them at the beginning of the week and I had an easy, grab and go option to take with me to work!
That makes me so happy to hear Anjali!
Love that you used fennel in the salad along with CaraCara oranges, both have such good flavors.
Love that combo too Jere, thanks!
I love how minty and citrusy this salad it. A perfect Winter salad. Those containers look super handy when bringing into the office or school!
Thanks Stine! I love these containers, so handy and are dishwasher friendly which is a must for me!
This is perfect for the upcoming spring and summertime. I love the addition of mint and citrus.
Thanks Jacque!
I would love to restart my food journey with this salad meal. It has all my favourite ingredients as well as very filling
Perfect salad meal prep for January! Enjoy Renu!
This is the perfect salad for me! I’m a huge fan of fennel in salads!
Thanks Lesli! I’m a huge fennel fan too!
Such an easy but delicious and healthy salad recipe.
I will definitely make this for the whole family. I love it!
Thanks Amy!
I work from home, but I still like to prep my salads, etc (otherwise it’s too easy to procrastinate!). This will shake up my salad routine, which has become a bit dull!
Enjoy the salad Jacqui!
I love citrus in my salads this time of year, and this really was a fantastic combo! It totally saved me from binge eating chips since I had it all ready to go 🙂
Salad > chips! Thanks Mikayla!
This is meal prep done beautifully! I am in love with winter citrus right now and I am always game for some nice crunchy walnuts so you are totally speaking my language with this gorgeous salad recipe!
Thanks Jenni – the citrus right now is really so delicious!
I really need to get better at meal prep. My lunches are always so lame these days. This looks fantastic!!
It’s one of those things that is really worth the effort! Thanks Cathleen.
Love the idea and the combo in this salad, delicious. Particularly the mint addition. Will definitely make this for my kids and my work lunch.
Thanks Ramona! Mint is such a refreshing addition to most salads- I agree!