Salads for the Fall & Winter Holidays
What’s your favorite part of a salad? Do you like them sweet or savory? Some feel it all comes down to the vinaigrette and some feel that no salad is complete without a sprinkling of seeds or nuts. We might agree on that one! Seeds and nuts add extra flavor, beauty and help fill you up!
Here are a few salads that are perfect for any fall or winter holiday from Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Years Eve! They’re loaded with ingredients that are in season during the harvest season when the months are cooler, such as Asian pears, butternut squash, pomegranates, beets, apples and more.
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Roasted Butternut and Asian Pear Salad with a Pomegranate Vinaigrette
These flavors may scream fall, but sometimes you just need a hearty, comfort-flavored salad, right? Add cheese or leave it off for a diary-free option. Goat or Feta adds a nice salty and creamy factor, if you choose to use it, and pairs beautifully with the roasted squash and bright, juicy pomegranate seeds. Asian pears are crisp and hold up well in salads, but you can also use apple or pear. Serves about 6.
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Concorde Pear Salad with Frisée and Belgian Endive
The sweetness of the Concorde pear works well with the slight bitterness of the two greens: the frisée and the Belgian endive. The burst of sweet-tart from the pomegranate seeds makes for the perfect bite. Adapted from Food & Wine. Serves 2 to 3.
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Apple & Walnut Harvest Salad with Sweet Grass Dairy Cheese and a Gravenstein Vinaigrette
See note below about the cheese from Sweet Grass Dairy. This is a wonderful, flavorful autumn salad. Makes about 2/3 cup vinaigrette; serves 4 to 6.
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Mixed Greens Salad with Asian Pears, Glazed Walnuts and a Cranberry-Pear Vinaigrette
The Cranberry-Pear Vinaigrette in this dish makes a great dressing for this salad. Asian pears are refreshing and crisp and hold up well when tossed with the other ingredients. Plus, they’re a little more exotic than apples or regular pears. Serves 4 to 6.
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Chopped Apple Salad with Gorgonzola and a Gravenstein Balsamic Vinaigrette
Tuck this recipe away for your Thanksgiving contribution! Crisp apples with greens and blue cheese is a delicious combination. You’ll love the sweet-tart kick of the Gravenstein balsamic in our vinaigrette. Inspired by Food Network. Serves 4 to 6.
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Fuyu Persimmon and Roasted Beet Autumn Salad with a Blood Orange Vinaigrette
Persimmons and beets come in to season just about the time Thanksgiving rolls around. This salad combines the two with a few other ingredients to create a fantastic salad for fall dinners. The sweetness of the persimmon, the earthy deliciousness of the roasted beets and garnet yams with a salty note from the cheese and pepitas is perfection when topped with the blood orange vinaigrette. Orange and beet pair well together, so the vinaigrette brings the whole dish together. Inspired by Low Carb Maven. Serves 4.
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