Description
A festive holiday salad featuring crisp pears, apples, and dried cranberries, topped with delicate feta snowflakes and a tangy vinaigrette.
Ingredients
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For the Crust:
- 2 ripe pears, thinly sliced
- 1 apple, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 4 cups mixed greens (e.g., arugula, spinach)
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese (for snowflakes)
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
1. Prepare the Crust:
- In a large bowl, combine mixed greens, pear slices, apple slices, dried cranberries, and chopped walnuts.
- In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper to make the vinaigrette.
- Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad and toss gently to coat.
- Using a small snowflake-shaped cookie cutter, press feta cheese into snowflake shapes (or simply crumble if preferred).
- Arrange the feta snowflakes on top of the salad and serve immediately.
Notes
You can customize the seasonings to taste.