Instructions: Cut peel and white membrane from oranges and discard. Thinly slice fruit crosswise.

Line salad plates with lettuce leaves and arrange orange slices on top.

Sprinkle fruit with sugar. Drizzle olive oil over salads. Add salt and pepper to taste.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Comments: Like her mom from Italy, Joanne Santoianni makes the most of sweet, juicy oranges - navels this time of year - in this ultrasimple salad. Sometimes she even omits the lettuce.

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