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Spinach Salad with apples, pears, mandarin oranges, kiwi fruit, dried cranberries, and pomegranate seeds. With a delicious salad dressing made with maple syrup, lime juice, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil. Delicious, healthy salad for the holiday season!
Spinach Salad with Fruit and Maple-Lime Dressing - refreshing, healthy salad with lots of color and winter fruit! A delicious way to get some nutrients during the cold winter months!
This recipe couldn't get any easier than this: chop everything up, combine in a bowl, add the dressing and the salad is ready! If you love spinach, I am sure this salad will become one of your favorites!
Spinach and Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing
Ingredients
Spinach Salad:
- 6 oz baby spinach , chopped
- 2 red apples , cored and diced
- 2 pears , cored and diced
- 4 mandarin oranges , peeled and separated into segments
- 3 kiwi fruit , peeled and sliced into thin rounds and then slice rounds into quarters
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
Maple-Lime Dressing:
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lime juice , freshly squeezed
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Combine all salad ingredients (except the dressing ingredients) in a large bowl.
- In a separate small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients (maple syrup, lime juice, balsamic vinegar, olive oil).
- Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss to coat.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
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Some of these salad recipes, along with dressings, look amazing. Can't wait to try them, one by one. However, I do need to be on a high protein diet, so any suggestions as to which protein choices you may have tried, I'd truly appreciate.
Thanks, Kathy
This particular salad would be great with seafood: pan-seared salmon, cod, or shrimp. Many of my other salads would pair well with seared flank steak, pan-seared chicken, and rotisserie chicken.
It's on my current to-do list to add more salads that have high-protein content, so I'll be publishing them in the next 2 months.
Some of these salad recipes, along with dressings, look amazing. Can't wait to try them, one by one. However, I do need to be on a high protein diet, so any suggestions as to which protein choices you may have tried, I'd truly appreciate.
Thanks, Kathy
I’ve decided this is the salad I will be bringing to our potluck Christmas Eve. I can’t believe how lucky I was to stumble onto your website on instagram. Every recipe looks so good! Exactly what I like to make for my family.
Jamie, I am so glad you stubmled on my site on Instagram! ❤️❤️ I just starting using Instagram 2 months ago after a 2 year hiatus!!
Wishing you and you family a very Happy New Year! ❤️
Delicious and fresh!
Jan, glad you liked it!
My husband didn't have a second serving of prime rib tonight, but he did have a second serving of this salad. Beautiful presentation and amazing flavour from a few ingredients. Will be making this again.
Thanks for the recipe.
Linda, your comment is beautifully written and it made my day! Glad this salad won over the prime rib! 🙂
To increase my protein what should be the best choice
I think this salad would be great with salmon, trout, or rotisserie chicken.
This salad is absolutely amazing! The crunch and freshness of all the fruit with the dressing was perfect!
Dawn, I am so happy to hear you liked this salad! Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to share such a positive comment!
I'd add brocolli and cauliflower.
Those are delicious additions!
Lovely salad. 5 Stars!
Making this for dinner in a few hours but loving how bright, vibrant and colourful this is. Can't wait.
Made this for Christmas! It was So Good!!
So happy you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂
Do you think you could add bacon and feta cheese to this!
I think Feta cheese would be a very delicious addition!
With what ingredient can I replace the Manderin, here in South Africa it is not in season.
You can use oranges.
The dressing was particularly delicious. I caught all the pomegranate juice and added that to it and it was fantastic!
Glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe!
This is beautiful and delicious! Making it for the second time in a week? Friendsgiving and now For thanksgiving! It was such a hit!
So glad you've enjoyed this recipe and made it twice! Thank you for the comment.
Hi Julia, gorgeous salad, just what I am craving right now.
Thank you, Cheri!