Description
The whole family will love this amazing salad! Made with crisp apple and pear slices, crunchy + sweet pomegranate arils, and lots of greens. Paired with a simple dressing, it’s perfect to serve as a Christmas side salad or to compliment your favorite meal!
Ingredients
Scale
Salad
- 1/3 cup candied pecans, roughly chopped
- 5 ounces baby arugula
- 1/3 cup goat cheese or feta, crumbled
- 1 large ripe Bartlett pear, thinly sliced
- 1 Honeycrisp or Gala apple, thinly sliced
- Arils from 1 pomegranate
Dressing
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- About 15 twists of freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- To prepare the dressing, combine all of the ingredients and whisk until blended. Set aside.
- Arrange the arugula evenly across a large serving platter. Fan out your slices of pear and apple and arrange them across the salad in sections (see photos). Sprinkle pomegranate arils all over. Top with chopped pecans and crumbled goat cheese. Lightly drizzle with dressing before serving. Serve remainder of dressing on side so guests can serve themselves.
Notes
Make it dairy free/vegan: Simply omit the cheese. Make sure to use maple syrup instead of honey if you’re vegan.
Make it nut free: Substitute green pumpkin seeds for the pecans.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes