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This delicious Winter Salad with Tangerine Dressing is loaded with in-season flavors. It’s perfect for holiday celebrations, and also a weeknight meal. Plus, we’ve added a few more fabulous winter salad recipes for your table!
This winter salad doubles as holiday décor:
I just love food that coordinates with any holiday theme, so this salad was a no-brainer to create. Vibrant red radicchio and pomegranate paired with tender green spinach creates an easy, festive, and tasty salad to serve at any holiday function you have this year.
Plus, that dressing? It’s a knock out.
Now, about the ingredients for this winter salad:
The tangy Tangerine Vinaigrette is the perfect compliment to all the bold flavors in the salad, including gorgonzola cheese and toasted pecans.
Radicchio is an unexpected addition to the salad that lends a unique peppery flavor. It’s also a fabulous color and adds texture. Don’t leave it out! You will not be disappointed.
Pomegranates make any salad extraordinary!
Topping off the salad with ripe, crimson pomegranate arils is the kicker. Since they have a mild crunch, it adds a great texture and interest too!
Here’s a few more winter salad recipes to try:
Tangerine Pistachio Kale Salad
This kale salad packs a double dose of Tangerine in the salad and the dressing! This winter salad is light and bright, the perfect side dish counterpart to the heftier holiday fare.
An Easy and Impressive Salad with Delicata Squash, Pomegranate & Burrata
This salad for Thanksgiving from A Girl Defloured has a mixture of baby kale, spinach, and baby chard is topped with sweet rings of spiced roasted delicata squash, creamy burrata, bright pomegranate arils, and a sprinkle of nutty, crunchy dukkah. This unique salad is brimming with autumnal goodness.
Autumn “Caprese” with Persimmon and Pomegranate
Why should summer have all the fun with Caprese salad? The Delicious Life suggests that you make a Persimmon Salad in the fall and winter and make it Caprese-style with basil and mozzarella!
Kale Salad with Cranberries and Pumpkin Seeds
This fall & winter salad from G-Free Foodie can be customized with your favorite mix-ins and flavors. Plus, it holds up well in the fridge and is totally easy to make! It’s a solid holiday win!
Did you know California grows most of the nation’s leafy greens? It’s true!
Merry eating! Here’s the salad recipe for ya…
Winter Salad with Tangerine Vinaigrette Dressing
Ingredients
Dressing
For Salad
- Baby spinach
- 1 head radicchio finely sliced
- 6 oz. gorgonzola crumbles
- 8 oz. pecans toasted
- 1/2 pomegranate arils removed
Instructions
- Add all the dressing ingredients and whisk to combine. Refrigerate.
- In a large salad bowl, layer all the salad ingredients.
- Drizzle with the vinaigrette and toss to combine (you won’t use all of it, keep leftovers for another salad)