Name: Pomegranate Goat Cheese Salad with Homemade Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 10 oz baby spinach; 5 oz pomegranate seeds; 3 oz goat cheese crumbles; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; 8-10 crispy bacon strips (chopped); 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

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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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Greek Salmon Salad

Strawberry Balsamic Salmon Salad

Busy-at-Home : Pear Pistachio and Pomegranate Salad with Lemon Balsamic Vinaigrette

The Gunny Sack: Strawberry Pecan Pretzel Salad

Flour on My Face: Fresh Fruit Pomegranate Salad

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Pomegranate Goat Cheese Salad with Homemade Pomegranate Vinaigrette

Spinach salad made with pomegranate seeds, goat cheese, pecans, crispy bacon and homemade pomegranate vinaigrette dressing.

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: goat cheese, pomegranate, Pomegranate Vinaigrette, Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: servings

Calories: 672kcal

Author: Lyuba Brooke

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

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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

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