I'm a huge fan of citrus in salads - the slight acidity and extreme juiciness pretty much negates the need for vinegar and the sweetness allows for the addition of salty and earthy components such as olives and goat cheese (funny, both are in this salad...). <br /> <br />I really didn't think too much about what was going into this salad - it came together because I was rooting around in the fridge - but, in retrospect, the flavors work together incredibly well. The olives might seem weird, but they play off the sweet oranges perfectly and the goat cheese is a creamy, slightly funky foil to the two. Mild crunchy hazelnuts, and a good glug of the best extra virgin olive oil you have (I'm partial to the green stuff bottled by Frankies 457) round it all out and tie it all together. It's so simple and so easy but this salad is most definitely greater than the sum of its parts.

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