Ensalada Pico de Gallo

Ingredients

 * 1 cup thinly sliced red onion
 * 1 cup peeled, julienne-cut jicama
 * 5 cup loosly packed torn romain or
 * red-tip lettuce leaves
 * 2 cup peeled, sliced navel
 * oranges
 * 1/4 cup walnut or almond roughly
 * chopped, (optional)
 * dressing
 * 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
 * 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
 * 1 1/2 tbsp honey
 * 1/2 tbsp cumin
 * 1/2 tbsp red chile powder
 * 1/2 tbsp salt
 * 2 tbsp finely mined cilantro

Directions
~ whisk together all dressing ingredients - drizzle half the dressing over the onions & jicama, refrigerate for at least an hour - just before serving, remove onioins & jicama from marinada & toss with the lettuce. Arrange oranges on top and drizzle the remaining dressing over the salad. - (optional) sprinkle the nuts on top. Comment from sally: pico de gallo (pee-coh day guy-yoh) translates as the bite of the rooster. I assume that is because the salsa (which merely means "sauce") called pico de gallo is quite fiery and has a fierce bite to it. Having never been bitten by a rooster, however, i can only offer this as conjecture. (grin)