Halloumi & Blood Orange Panzanella Salad.

This blood orange panzanella salad is a perfect wintery dish for chilly days! Fried halloumi cheese, pistachios, blood orange vinaigrette, toasty sourdough and all the vegetable make this a super satisfying bowl. It’s beautiful and delicious!

Who else needs a bright salad to warm up their winter days?!

Me, me, me! 

This halloumi blood orange panzanella is so refreshing, crunchy and satisfying. Drizzle with blood orange vinaigrette, it has pops of pistachios, tart blood oranges, crisp radicchio, savory halloumi cheese and more.

It’s pretty and vibrant but most of all it tastes wonderful.

It tastes like a bright fruity bowl that’s reminiscent of warmer days to come. I love that! It’s like a precursor to the sunshine and spring warmth that we will see in a few months!

It’s no secret how much I adore panzanella salad. I mean, bread in salad? Hello, thank you, yes please. 

I love how toasty the bread is. How it soaks up the dressing. 

The way there is crunch, satiety and so much flavor with every bite. 

The other thing I love so much is halloumi cheese. It gets so toasty and crispy on the outside. And it’s incredibly savory. It’s also a fun unique cheese to use in a salad aside from traditional parm or mozzarella. 

Also, blood orange season! Just the best season ever. The oranges are tangy and sweet, not to mention gorgeous. I make a blood orange vinaigrette frequently and that is the perfect dressing for this. It’s tangy enough that it almost mimics that classic panzanella dressing with the tomato juice. 

Fabulous! 

Some panzanellas that I make don’t even have lettuce. For this wintery version, I like to include some romaine and radicchio, as untraditional as it is. But the amounts below are just guidelines; this is a salad after all! You can add as much or as little of what you like. That’s the beauty of it. 

Let’s get a rundown of all the goodness in this bowl:

Toasty sourdough bread

Blood orange segments

Fried halloumi cheese

Chopped pistachios

Thinly sliced red onion

Romaine

Radicchio 

Radish slices 

Blood orange vinaigrette

Now if that doesn’t sound like a dream together, I don’t know what does!

It’s super filling. Has tons of texture for those of you (like me!) that crave the crunch.  (more…)

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