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

Name: Winter Spinach Salad Recipe with Apples, Dried Cranberries, Pomegranate Seeds, Walnuts, and Feta Cheese
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Salad
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

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:

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!

Winter Spinach Salad Recipe