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    Home » Soups & Salads

    Published: Jan 9, 2020 · Modified: Oct 17, 2020 by Angela · This post may contain affiliate links · 43 Comments

    Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Pears and Goat Cheese

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    Spinach is one of my favorite salad greens since it holds up well with any kind of dressing and is a bright green color.  To fancy up this salad, I love having a pop of color, a mixture of textures, and flavors, and a light dressing so all the fresh ingredients shine.   I cannot wait for ripe juicy pears each Autumn so I can make the best spinach salad recipe.

    This salad is a wonderfully easy, tasty, and healthy Fall favorite.  It is perfect for so many diets and lifestyles. This pomegranate seed and goat cheese salad is vegetarian, gluten-free, grain-free, low-calorie, and diabetic-friendly.

    The pomegranate seeds bring in a tart crunch in a beautiful red little package. Nowadays the process of cracking open a pomegranate to dig out all those seeds is made much easier as many stores now have little containers in the produce section with this already done for you. It doesn't just save time - but also potentially saves your clothes and hands from any staining. YES!

    Add to that some creamy goat cheese, fresh juicy pears, and a drizzle of oil and vinegar, and the spinach has been dressed up perfectly.  I made this for the first time a few days after Christmas and as I was taking the photos on my red plate, I realized how festive this was. Next year I plan to make it at Christmas!

     

    How to Make this Pomegranate Spinach Salad

     

    This is so easy to make.  All you need are 6 ingredients, as seen below.

    Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese

    Ingredients for Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese

     

    Wash your pear and then slice it into bite-sized medium-thin slices. Leave the skin on, that helps the pear stay a bit more sturdy as you toss and serve the salad. It also adds more color and nutrients to the dish.   This is how I sliced mine.

    Sliced pears

     

    On a large platter or serving bowl, place the wash and dried spinach leaves.  Top with the sliced pears and then sprinkle on the pomegranate seeds.  Next using a spoon scoop little thumb-sized dollops of goat cheese over the top evenly.

     

     

     

    Right before serving, drizzle on the olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  Add salt & pepper to taste. Enjoy immediately.

     

    PIN FOR SAFEKEEPING & SHARING!

     

    Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Pears and Goat Cheese PIN

     

     

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    POMEGRANATE SPINACH SALAD WITH PEARS AND GOAT CHEESE

    Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Pears & Goat Cheese

    Angela
    Beautiful green spinach is dressed with tangy creamy goat cheese, tart crunchy pomegranates, and juicy pears.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 10 minutes mins
    Course Salad
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6

    Ingredients
      

    • 16 oz fresh spinach washed, drained & dry
    • 1 pear sliced & cored
    • 3 oz goat cheese
    • 2 TB pomegranate seeds
    • olive oil
    • balsamic vinegar
    • salt & pepper

    Instructions
     

    • In a large salad bowl or platter, add clean dried spinach leaves.
    • Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds. Spoon thumb-sized goat cheese dollops over the salad evenly.
    • Top with pear slices. Drizzle olive oil & balsamic vinegar, to taste.
    • Add salt & pepper, to taste.
    Keyword easy, fall, gluten-free, grain-free, healthy, lunch, vegetarian

     

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    1. Robin says

      January 13, 2020 at 8:28 am

      Yum! I love strawberries on my salad, I bet pomegranate is even better!

      Reply
    2. Sydney Delong says

      January 13, 2020 at 11:42 am

      Looks delicious and healthy!

      Reply
    3. Lora Rovegna says

      January 13, 2020 at 1:03 pm

      That salad looks so good. I love putting fruit on a salad, makes it more refreshing.

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 13, 2020 at 6:21 pm

        I love fruit in salads too, especially, with cheese or nuts to balance the salt and crunch.

        Reply
    4. Malia says

      January 13, 2020 at 1:29 pm

      The pear and goat cheese combo gets me every time! It is just so good!! Thanks for this recipe!

      Reply
    5. Holly says

      January 13, 2020 at 1:54 pm

      I love your blog a d recipes! You always inspire me to get in the kitchen!

      Reply
    6. Maria G says

      January 13, 2020 at 2:54 pm

      I'm not a huge salad fan, but this looks delicious; I would happily eat this if someone served it to me 🙂

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 13, 2020 at 6:22 pm

        I love that - the food others make is always a great thing. haha

        Reply
    7. Lisa says

      January 13, 2020 at 4:29 pm

      I am going to add it to my Christmas menu too! It is so pretty!

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 13, 2020 at 6:25 pm

        Yes, it looks like the perfect pretty Christmas salad.

        Reply
    8. Jen says

      January 13, 2020 at 6:02 pm

      Looks delicious! I can’t wait to try this

      Reply
    9. heather jandrue says

      January 13, 2020 at 6:15 pm

      A quick and easy salad I can make ahead for lunch. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    10. Beth says

      January 13, 2020 at 6:56 pm

      I've been adding goat cheese to everything lately, since I love cheese and my daughter-in-law can eat feta. So many reasons to try this salad, not to mention the gorgeous colors.

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 13, 2020 at 7:06 pm

        I hope your family loves it, thank you for commenting.

        Reply
    11. Jane says

      January 13, 2020 at 7:14 pm

      Simple, healthy and delicious recipe! Thanks for sharing. I love to making spinach salad like this.

      Reply
    12. Jennifer says

      January 13, 2020 at 11:44 pm

      Thanks for sharing, I have a pomegranate tree in my yard, so i like finding recipes.

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 14, 2020 at 5:43 pm

        Great, how fun to use your own fruit on this.

        Reply
    13. Cindy says

      January 14, 2020 at 5:17 am

      This looks amazing as a summer salad. I am definitely going to try it.

      Reply
    14. Amy Irvin says

      January 14, 2020 at 10:30 am

      YUM. This is enticing!

      Reply
    15. Suzan says

      January 14, 2020 at 11:20 am

      Sharing with the daughter, such a simple, healthy salad using her fav...pomegranates!

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 14, 2020 at 5:42 pm

        Great, I hope she loves it.

        Reply
    16. vanessa says

      January 14, 2020 at 2:32 pm

      This looks like a tasty salad. I may need some oil & vinegar to top it off.

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 14, 2020 at 5:42 pm

        Yes that is all it needs.

        Reply
    17. Tricia Snow says

      January 14, 2020 at 8:00 pm

      You had me at Pomegranates! What an amazing salad!

      Reply
    18. Christina Furnival says

      January 14, 2020 at 8:52 pm

      Mmm love me a fresh salad!

      Reply
    19. Katherine Wolfe says

      January 14, 2020 at 9:48 pm

      This looks amazing! I wish you were my neighbor!

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 15, 2020 at 6:32 pm

        Ha, thanks for the compliment. My neighbors are often my taste testers and they love that!

        Reply
    20. Stacey Billingsley says

      January 15, 2020 at 6:32 am

      This looks so good! I like my salads with fruit and a little tartness. I need to give this one a try!

      Reply
    21. Trisha says

      January 15, 2020 at 11:23 am

      This salad looks so good! I love the idea of the tangy goat cheese with the sweet pear. Gonna try this for sure!

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 15, 2020 at 6:29 pm

        It is a great combo then add the pop from the pomegranates - oh yeah!

        Reply
    22. Tara says

      January 15, 2020 at 11:33 am

      This looks like a great recipe. I like using pomegranates in the winter and they make an excellent addition to salads!

      Reply
    23. Shirley says

      January 16, 2020 at 8:10 pm

      This salad looks scrumptious!! I love pomegranates and pears! Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    24. Brianna says

      January 17, 2020 at 5:33 am

      This looks so good! I love spinach

      Reply
    25. Robin @ Reinventing Robin says

      January 17, 2020 at 9:31 am

      So simple, yet looks so delicious! I used to love to eat pomegranate seeds when I was little, but for some reason haven't had them since, so thanks for the reminder to start eating them again!

      Reply
    26. Susan says

      January 18, 2020 at 11:19 am

      That looks really really good. Guess I'm going to be trying Pomegranate Seeds for the first time... lol.

      Reply
      • Angela says

        January 18, 2020 at 8:28 pm

        Yeah, I cannot wait to hear what you think of them. We love them!

        Reply
    27. Michele says

      January 18, 2020 at 4:01 pm

      This looks light and delicious!

      Reply
    28. Roseann Hampton says

      January 19, 2020 at 5:38 pm

      This looks delicious - what a great combination of flavors! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger's Pit Stop!

      Reply
    29. T.M. Brown says

      January 19, 2020 at 5:46 pm

      I don't believe I have ever had pomegranates - (hangs head in shame). I'm not sure this would be my first choice for a salad, but you definitely enticed me to give it a try !

      Reply
    30. Lisa says

      January 22, 2020 at 10:48 am

      Yummy, always looking for ways to use pomegranate seeds.

      Reply
    31. Miz Helen says

      January 22, 2020 at 8:00 pm

      Thanks so much for sharing with us on Full Plate Thursday,467. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us real soon!
      Miz Helen

      Reply
    32. Beatriz says

      January 24, 2020 at 9:29 pm

      Thanks for sharing I got to try this!

      Reply
    33. Cindy says

      January 26, 2020 at 8:07 pm

      This salad looks amazing! I’d simply leave off the cheese. I’m plant based.

      Reply

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