Pomegranate & Cranberry Winter Salad
Servings
6
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking timeminutes
Happy healthy New Year! Let’s start 2020 with a wintery twist on our signature salad using another Trader Joe’s flavored goat cheese.
Ingredients
- Salad
5 cups of mixed greens
1 red pear, diced
2 green apples (1 sliced, 1 diced)
3/4 cup of fresh pomegranate seeds
3/4 cup of diced cranberries
1/2 cup of pistachio nuts (optional)
8 ounces of crumbled goat cheese ( we used Trader Joe’s Cranberry Goat Cheese Log)
- Dressing
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
3 Tbsp. of pomegranate juice
3 Tbsp. of champagne vinegar
1 tsp. of dijon mustard
Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Directions
- Add greens to bottom of a round serving platter. Evenly distribute remaining ingredients on top of greens. Finish with sliced apples as shown in picture.
- Combine the dressing ingredients in a small jar. Close the lid tightly and shake well to combine.
- Lightly drizzle the salad with dressing. Serve remaining dressing on the side.
Tips and Nutritional value
(source: healhtline)
- Pomegranates are another delicious superfood that you should add to your diet. They can be intimidating at first but once you break through the tough skin you will find sweet-tart seeds inside that are packed with antioxidants and nutrients. We recommend cutting them open in water. Pre-seeded pomegranates work just as well, however we recommend buying the whole pomegranate because it is fresher!
- Studies have shown that pomegranates help reduce inflammation and lower blood pressure. Trust us… it’s worth the effort! We love to add the seeds to a glass of prosecco too!
