Pomegranate Goat Cheese Spinach Salad with Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Another great idea for the upcoming holiday dinners, or for any other day really. It’s a spinach salad made with pomegranate seeds, goat cheese, pecans, crispy bacon and homemade pomegranate vinaigrette dressing.
POMEGRANATE SPINACH SALAD
This salad is not just beautiful, the flavor combination burst in your mouth like happy fireworks. Not only will this salad look amazing on your dinner table (and talk about perfect Christmas colors), it will also compliment just about any main dish. It is very simple but flavors can hold their own.
The sweetness of pomegranate is perfect with strong goat cheese. Pecans provide the crunchiness that we always look for in a salad and you can never go wrong with bacon.
I am absolutely in love with this Pomegranate Vinaigrette too. I love, love, love pomegranates and this might possibly sway me one way, but this really is a great dressing. It’s light but at the same time, it can’t be missed in the salad. It just ties the whole thing together with some sweetness and acidity. I can’t wait to try this dressing on a dinner salad.
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Pomegranate Goat Cheese Salad with Homemade Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Ingredients
Salad
- 10 oz baby spinach
- 5 oz pomegranate seeds
- 3 oz goat cheese crumbles
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 8-10 crispy bacon strips chopped
Pomegranate Vinaigrette
- 3/4 cup POMegranate juice
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup grape seed oil or extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- salt and fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
Dressing
- You can use a mason jar or another contained with a tight lid.
- Combine the ingredients for pomegranate vinaigrette in a mason jar.
- Close the lid tight and shake, shake, shake.
Salad
- Layer ingredients for the salad in a bowl, starting with spinach on the bottom.
- I do recommend that you prepare the salad right before dinner, while bacon is still warm.
Notes
Nutrition
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Great salad, I left out the bacon but it was still amazing. I will be making this often in the future
Thanks, Jennifer!
What a beautiful salad – I love making salads that are not only delicious, but are also eye-catching.
I was just looking at your salad again and if I win will you come over with the salad!? I need this salad in my life.
Haha, thank you so much, Tammi! I’m not sure how it would travel 🙂
I made this for a girls’ dinner night, and it was such a hit! The dressing has just the right amount of sweetness and acidity, and it makes the whole salad taste fresh and vibrant. Definitely adding this to my regular rotation.
This has become my go-to salad when I want something that feels a little special without a lot of effort. I’ve made it twice already, once exactly as written and once with a few small tweaks, both so good.
This salad is absolutely beautiful and so delicious! The pomegranate vinaigrette really makes it special.
I used gorgonzola instead and with pomegranate together are amazing. Definitely making this again!
Such a simple salad but it looks so fancy. The dressing is my favorite part!
I actually added extra bacon because we all love meat and the salad was not something that felt like we had to eat it, we actually enjoyed it!
I made this for a weeknight dinner, and it ended up feeling way more elevated than I expected. I used bacon from breakfast and just reheated it. Made it so easy
This salad looks so lovely. I’m going to have to try it!
I’ll probably start making a batch of that vinaigrette just to keep in the fridge. It’s easy to make extra and makes the salad easy to throw together.
I love goat cheese and pomegranate together. I used the spinach and spring mix lettuce and added grilled chicken. So good!
This looks like a great salad for our Thanksgiving dinner!
I brought this to a potluck and was a little worried it wouldn’t stand out next to all the heavier dishes, but it ended up being one of the first things to disappear. People loved the dressing and the pomegranate seeds.
I’m going to make this for our book club this weekend. I wonder if I could use a few other cheeses, I”m not a dan of goat cheese.
Yes, absolutely! For softer, try gorgonzola or feta cheese. You can also go with shaved parmesan.
I love it!
Thank you!
Beautiful looking salad! I love poms!
Thank you, Jen! Best of luck!