Christmas Salad with Herbs, Walnuts, and Pomegranate

This is our favorite Christmas salad. It’s made with fresh chopped herbs, toasted walnuts, and pomegranate seeds. It’s easy to make, stays fresh for hours, and the vibrant green and red colors look great on your holiday table!

Christmas is just around the corner, and this is the salad I love putting on our holiday table. The bright red pomegranate seeds and fresh green herbs feel instantly festive, and even though it’s simple to make, it always looks impressive once it’s served.

One of my favorite things about this salad is how well it holds up. Holiday dinners tend to linger (in the best way), and this one stays fresh while everyone chats, laughs, and goes back for seconds. It’s incredibly easy to make, adds a bright, fresh contrast to a rich Christmas meal, and honestly, anytime there’s a pomegranate on the table, it feels like a celebration.

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Christmas Salad with Herbs, Walnuts, and Pomegranate

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 0 minutes mins

Total: 10 minutes mins

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This is our favorite Christmas salad. It’s made with fresh, chopped herbs, toasted walnuts, and pomegranate seeds. It’s easy to make, stays fresh for hours, and the pretty green and red color looks great on your holiday table!

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup roughly chopped flat-leaf parsely (packed)
• ▢ ¾ cup chopped toasted walnuts
• ▢ ½ cup chopped mint (packed)
• ▢ Seeds from 1 pomegranate (about 1 cup)
• ▢ 2 teaspoons olive oil
• ▢ ¼ lemon (juiced (about 1 tablespoon))
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper

Instructions 

• Combine the ingredients in a medium-sized salad bowl.
  1 cup roughly chopped flat-leaf parsely, ¾ cup chopped toasted walnuts, ½ cup chopped mint, Seeds from 1 pomegranate, 2 teaspoons olive oil, ¼ lemon, ¼ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper
• Toss to combine and serve right away. So easy!

Notes

To toast the walnuts, place them on a baking sheet and put them into your oven for 6-7 minutes at 350 degrees.

This salad keeps very well. If you want to make it ahead of time (Christmas dinner can get hectic!) omit the salt as it will cause the herbs to go limp. And save any leftovers as it’s nearly as good the next day.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving = ⅙ of the recipe, Calories: 113kcal (6%), Carbohydrates: 4g (1%), Protein: 2g (4%), Fat: 11g (17%), Saturated Fat: 1g (6%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 7g, Sodium: 104mg (5%), Potassium: 139mg (4%), Fiber: 2g (8%), Sugar: 1g (1%), Vitamin A: 1010IU (20%), Vitamin C: 17mg (21%), Calcium: 34mg (3%), Iron: 1mg (6%)

© Author Kristen Stevens

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