This is my favorite green salad – a simply outstanding salad of baby spinach, candied pecans, dried cranberries, oranges, avocado and feta cheese. This combination of flavors is a winner, and the salad tastes even better than it sounds. I served this salad on my holiday table, and it was a huge hit! This salad looks impressive and tastes impressive :)
I make my own candied pecans for this salad – making them at home is surprisingly easy! But of course you can use store-bought candied pecans as well.
Baby Spinach Salad With Candied Pecans And Dried Cranberries
Preparation time: 5 minute(s)
Number of servings: 4
Salad Ingredients:
1 bag (8 oz) of baby spinach leaves
1 can of orange segments, drained
1 avocado
1 cup candied pecans (see homemade candied pecans recipe, or you can use store-bought)
1 handful of dried cranberries
1 handful of crumbled feta cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Peel an avocado and cut into chunks. In a cup, mix the olive oil and lemon juice with a fork.
In a large bowl, add baby spinach leaves, dried cranberries, orange segments, avocado chunks, feta cheese, candied pecans, olive oil, lemon juice. Mix until combined. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Enjoy this super-yummy salad!
You can also use blue cheese crumbles instead of feta cheese – blue cheese is also really good in this salad!
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Love Spinach salad of any kind; your version is really interesting with feta and avocado; fantastic.
Rita
This salad looks so colorful and delicious! These days I am trying to eat salad at night and this one is going to make it on my menu.
Spinach and fruit do make for a perfect salad. I love the light dressing on this, lets the flavors in the salad really shine through. Delicious components. Have a great weekend Melanie!
Making your own candied pecans? How resourceful! This looks like a great salad.
I love spinach! Looks tasty!
looks wonderful have a great wekkend
Your salad looks great! I make simple spinach salads with cranberries and nuts all the time, but next time I’ll have to add oranges, feta, and avocado.
I love these kind of winter salads! They are pretty and delicious.
Love simple, hearty and delicious salad as such.. So full of flavors and textures :)
yum! i love making candied nuts, so much cheaper and tastier then buying them!
this looks so refreshing and healthy. I love adding candied nuts to my salads!
This salad combination looks very yummy.