Jeweled Harvest Salad with Orange Dressing
The most delicious harvest salad with tons of pomegranate arils, roasted sweet potatoes, diced apples, and toasted pecans. We're drizzling it with a bright and fresh orange dressing that makes this salad extra perfect to serve during the holidays!
Servings: 8 -10 small servings
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 3 cups cooked farro quinoa, freekeh, or couscous
- 2 sweet potatoes diced and roasted (see notes)
- 1 large apple diced
- ½ cup pomegranate arils
- ½ cup chopped toasted pecans
- 1 ¼ cup chopped parsley
Orange poppyseed dressing:
- ⅔ cup olive oil
- ⅓ cup Simply Orange Low Acid Juice
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar or champagne vinegar
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine the salad ingredients in a bowl.
- Add the dressing ingredients to a bowl and whisk until the dressing is combined. Alternately, you can just blend it together in a blender.
- Drizzle the dressing on the salad ingredients. Toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- To make this a complete meal or for more protein, add cooked diced turkey breasts, or rotisserie chicken.
- To roast the potatoes - dice 2 medium sweet potatoes into a ½ inch dice. Drizzle with a couple tablespoons of olive oil and salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Roast in a 425ºF oven for 20-25 minutes or until the potatoes and tender.
- Swappable ingredients: roasted butternut squash, diced pears, dried cranberries, walnuts, cashews, golden raisins, dried apricots, etc! The possibilities are truly endless! :)
