This Winter Spinach Salad topped with apples, dried cranberries, pomegranate seeds, walnuts, feta cheese, and a honey dijon balsamic vinaigrette is full of fresh flavor!
Winter Spinach Salad Recipe with Apples, Dried Cranberries, Pomegranate Seeds, Walnuts, and Feta Cheese
This salad is really so simple to make. The most time consuming part is slicing the apple. Plus, it goes so well with the homemade honey dijon balsamic vinaigrette!
The full printable recipe is below, but first, here are the ingredients for both the salad and the honey dijon balsamic vinaigrette dressing:
Winter Spinach Salad Ingredients:
- Spinach
- Apple
- Dried cranberries
- Pomegranate Seeds
- Walnuts
- Feta Cheese
Honey Dijon Balsamic Vinaigrette Ingredients:
- Honey
- Dijon Mustard
- Olive Oil
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Garlic
You can customize the recipe according to your tastes. Don’t like walnuts? Try almonds! Don’t like feta cheese? Swap it out for gorgonzola or blue cheese! Have a pear that needs to be used? Dice it up instead of the apples!
Here’s the recipe:
Winter Spinach Salad Recipe with Apples, Dried Cranberries, Pomegranate Seeds, Walnuts, and Feta Cheese
Yield:
2 salads
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
5 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups spinach
- 2 applies, diced
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup feta cheese
- Dressing:
- 2 Tbsp honey
- 1 TB dijon mustard
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, minced (fresh or frozen)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Combine spinach, apples, dried cranberries, pomegranate seeds, walnuts, and feta cheese in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, whisk together honey, dijon mustard, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Looking for other salad or salad dressing recipes? Here’s a few of my favorites:
David @ Spiced
Tuesday 5th of January 2016
It is most definitely salad season here in our house, too...and I'm loving this winter salad! I'm pretty sure I have all of the ingredients already, so hello dinner! #client
Vanessa
Monday 4th of January 2016
Oh this looks so yum. Can't wait to give it a go!