Description
This is the best Spinach Salad recipe with apples, candied pecans, pomegranate and gorgonzola cheese! It’s drizzled with a champagne vinaigrette, making it fancy enough to serve as a holiday side dish. Plus it only takes 5 minutes to make!
Ingredients
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Spinach Salad
- 4 cups baby spianach
- 1 honeycrisp apple, sliced
- 1/4 cup sliced red onion
- 1/4 cup mandarin orange
- 1/4 cup candied pecans
- 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
- 1/4 cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese
Champagne Dressing:
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup champagne vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon honey
- salt
Instructions
- To a small bowl add garlic clove, champagne vinegar, olive oil, fresh thyme, mustard, honey and salt. Whisk together until combined. Set aside.
- To a large salad bowl add spinach, honeycrisp apple, red onion, mandarin orange, pecans, pomegranate seeds and gorgonzola.
- Drizzle dressing over the salad and gently toss to coat everything.
- Serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 98
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 114 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 3 mg
