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5 Ingredient Christmas Salad

December 22, 2017 by Samantha 11 Comments

 A crave-worthy salad made with 5 simple ingredients! This 5 Ingredient Christmas Salad is perfect for the holiday season (including potlucks!). A truly easy salad recipe that is delicious! 


This is my favourite simple green salad for the holidays, a 5 ingredient Christmas Salad.  5 simple, yet profoundly delicious ingredients come together to form a very festive side dish that will rock any dinner table or potluck. It’s refreshing and a relief amongst a season of indulgences.

My mother-in-law introduced me to the base of the salad a few years ago. Basically leafy lettuce greens and pomegranate seeds. She likes to use a more involved vinaigrette where as I take the easy way out (aka how to maximize flavours without too many ingredients or effort).

The dressing for my version includes shallots (more on them later), olive oil, and white wine vinegar (although red wine vinegar also works. I change them on a whim).

What’s a shallot? I like to think of it as the love child of an onion and garlic. Shaped sort of like an onion with rings and a pale purple colour, but has a less harsh flavour than onion and more like … you guessed it, garlic. Its closest relatives are leeks, garlic and chives.

You’ve probably seen them deep fried at a Southeast Asian eatery. They are my go to for vinaigrettes and I always have them in my crisper drawer. If you’re local, they’re always found at Kin’s Farm Market in a small bag (not affiliated, just giving a head’s up).

My kids like this easy salad recipe (it’s covered in pomegranate seeds, what’s not to like?). But they LOVE this dressing, one will often ask to have the dressing after all the salad is gone. I usually always have a jar of this dressing in the fridge for our salads.

I adapted the recipe from this vinaigrette these Spicy Greens (don’t look at a single photo! They’re terrible) as the years have gone by. Sticking with the basic bold flavours we love to top our salads.

Pomegranates and taking out the seeds freak you out? Here’s a great one minute video to ease you into the world of gorgeous, healthy, and crazy good pomegranates.

Other kid-friendly salads:

How to build a kid-friendly salad

Kale Caesar Salad (make sure the kale is shredded and let the dressing sit on the kale)

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5 Ingredient Christmas Salad for al the potlucks and a little good health during the holidays. Simple, delicious, and a family favourite. #salad #christmas
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5 Ingredient Christmas Salad
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
 

 A crave-worthy salad made with 5 simple ingredients! This 5 Ingredient Christmas Salad is perfect for the holiday season (including potlucks!).

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy salad, easy salad recipe, salad
Servings: 4 side servings
Calories: 197 kcal
Author: Samantha
Ingredients
Salad:
  • 1 head bibb, butter, or green leaf lettuce*, ripped into bite sized pieces
  • 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
Vinaigrette:
  • 1 small shallot, finely chopped or minced French or purple
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup white wine vinegar** red wine vinegar will also work
  • salt and pepper to taste
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
Vinaigrette:
  1. Place shallot, olive oil, vinegar, and salt and pepper in a jar or container and shake until well blended. 

Salad:
  1. Place lettuce in a bowl and top with pomegranate seeds. 

  2. Toss salad with some vinaigrette*** immediately before serving. 

Recipe Notes

* living lettuce heads are particularly tasty in this recipe, but green leaf lettuce will do in a pinch. 
** this dressing is on the acidic side of life. Taste the dressing before serving and top up with olive oil there's too much tang for you. I'd recommend adding a tablespoon at a time and resampling. 
*** there will be some vinaigrette leftover. Perfect for salads all week! 

Nutrition Facts
5 Ingredient Christmas Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 197 Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Sodium 28mg1%
Potassium 244mg7%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 6665IU133%
Vitamin C 11mg13%
Calcium 32mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Enjoy! xo

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5 Ingredient Christmas Salad for al the potlucks and a little good health during the holidays. Simple, delicious, and a family favourite. #salad #christmas

 

Filed Under: Christmas, Salad Tagged With: christmas, holidays, salad

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Mom of twins, a singleton, and wife to a hungry husband. The food demands that surround me, have pushed me to lead our food life more simply, nutritiously, and deliciously. It's a good day when family, friends, and food intersect.

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Comments

  1. AvatarSandi says

    December 23, 2017 at 11:49 am

    5 ingredients? Even I can do that :-). This looks perfect!
    Reply
    • AvatarSamantha says

      December 26, 2017 at 8:32 pm

      5 ingredient magic! :) Hope you had a Merry Christmas!
      Reply
  2. AvatarHelene says

    December 24, 2017 at 3:16 am

    I can see why this is your favorite salad during the festive season, I love all the flavors here and it does look very appealing to the eye. I will try to get a pomegranate and maybe I can make your salad tomorrow. :)
    Reply
    • AvatarSamantha says

      December 26, 2017 at 8:32 pm

      Hope it worked out!
      Reply
  3. Avatarcakespy says

    December 27, 2017 at 4:09 am

    Looks lovely and refreshing. I love the tender greens and acidic / more pleasingly abrasive ingredients. A perfect complement to rich holiday dishes! LOVE the pomegranate too.
    Reply
    • AvatarSamantha says

      December 27, 2017 at 2:07 pm

      Agree, salads need to be there to balance out all the rich holiday food. Hope your holidays were lovely!
      Reply

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