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Mandarin Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
A festive colorful fruit filled salad that's perfect for holidays and parties! Spinach is layered oranges, pomegranate arils, avocado and topped with a creamy poppy seed dressing.
Servings:
4
Prep
20
minutes
minutes
Ready in:
20
minutes
minutes
Ingredients
Salad
5
oz
baby spinach
3
mandarin oranges (10 oz),
peeled and segmented
3/4
cup
pomegranate arils*
1
medium avocado,
diced
1/4
cup
sliced almonds,
toasted
1/4
cup
chopped walnuts
Dressing
2
Tbsp
white wine vinegar
1 1/2
Tbsp
sugar
1/8
tsp
salt
1/2
cup
light mayonnaise
(tested with Hellman's light)
1 1/2
Tbsp
honey
1
Tbsp
poppy seeds
1
Tbsp
milk,
if needed
Instructions
For the dressing:
In a small mixing bowl whisk together vinegar, sugar and salt until sugar and salt have dissolved.
Add mayonnaise, honey and poppy seeds and whisk until combined. Mix in milk to thin if desired. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
For the salad:
In a salad bowl layer spinach, mandarine oranges, pomegranate arils, avocado, almonds and walnuts.
Pour desired amount of dressing over top (or alternately just dress each serving). Serve immediately.
Notes
*If you want to make this in the summer it's also good with a small pkg. of fresh raspberries in place of the pomegranate arils.