Christmas Salad Recipe

Christmas Salad Recipe

from reciperunner.com
Salads
25 min
237 kcal / serving

This festive Christmas Salad is made with mixed greens, oranges, apple, pomegranate seeds, feta, and pecans. It's sweet, salty, crunchy, and a beautiful addition to your holiday table!

Ingredients

  • 5 ouncesmixed greens
  • 2oranges, (peeled and segmented)
  • 1apple, (sliced thin)
  • ¼ cuppomegranate seeds
  • ¼ cupdried cranberries
  • ⅓ cupcrumbled feta
  • ¼ cuptoasted chopped pecans
  • 3 tablespoonorange juice, (squeeze juice from the remains of the oranges used in the salad)
  • 1 tablespoonchampagne vinegar
  • 1 tablespoondijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoonhoney
  • 1 tablespoonminced shallot
  • 1 ½ tablespoonsolive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. 1

    Combine all of the ingredients for the citrus vinaigrette in a jar or bowl. Shake or whisk until thoroughly combined and then set aside.

  2. 2

    Arrange the mixed greens onto a round serving platter with the bowl of vinaigrette in the center. Or add them to a serving bowl.

  3. 3

    Top the mixed greens with the apple slices, orange segments, pomegranate seeds, feta, pecans, and dried cranberries. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Don't make the salad to far in advance or the mixed greens will be soggy.