This festive and fresh green salad with spinach is perfect for your Thanksgiving table, and other holidays too! It’s made with baby spinach, chopped red apple, dried cranberries, and lightly dressed with warming spices such as cinnamon. A simple, tasty side salad ready in 10 minutes!
Thanksgiving Green Salad with Spinach
This Thanksgiving Salad with Spinach is the perfect salad to serve around the holidays or any time of year alongside your juicy turkey and the best damn amish potato stuffing ever ! All you need is a few ingredients, a few minutes of prep time, and you’ll have a delicious Thanksgiving side salad done in under 10 minutes !
This salad brings together the best seasonal flavors with fresh spinach, tart cranberries, crisp apples, and a hint of cinnamon. The crunchy apples, tangy cranberries, and a drizzle of homemade honey cinnamon dressing makes it so good. Everyone will be asking for the recipe!
For special add-ins, toss in 1/4 cup toasted almonds or pecans for a great crunch! Before serving sprinkle Feta cheese or Parmesan into the salad.
Apple-Cranberry Thanksgiving Salad Ingredients
- fresh baby spinach
- sweetened dried cranberries
- fresh apples, pick your favorite red apple
- olive oil
- honey
- chili powder
- ground cinnamon
- toasted chopped almonds (optional, but they add a great crunch)
How to Make Thanksgiving Spinach Salad with Cranberries
The best thing about simple salads? They can be thrown together in a matter of minutes! Just gather together your ingredients, toss it all together, and you’re done!
In a big bowl , mix all of the ingredients together.
Serve and enjoy!
Optional: Add toasted almonds or pecans into the salad for a real special crunch!
Can you make this in advance?
Yes, you can prepare this one day ahead of time to avoid mushy spinach. Once you’re ready to serve it, stir the salad to refresh it. Sometimes I like to add a handful of fresh spinach into it too to freshen it up.
Recipe Swaps
This salad is easy to swap a few ingredients into or out of it!
- You can swap baby kale for spinach if you prefer.
- Not a fan of apples? Try a chopped pear.
- I prefer using Craisins for the sweet cranberries, but you can also use dried cherries if you’d like.
How to Store Leftovers
You can keep this salad in an airtight container for 1-2 days, but I wouldn’t hold on to it any longer because the salad will become milted. . It’s best to enjoy it the day of or the next day for best flavor.
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Ingredients
- ▢ (1) 6 ounce bag baby spinach
- ▢ 3/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- ▢ 1 apple pick your favorite red apple, cored and chopped
- ▢ 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ▢ 2 teaspoons honey
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- ▢ 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a large bowl. Serve and enjoy!
- Optional: for special add-ins, toss in 1/4 cup toasted almonds or pecans for a great crunch! Before serving sprinkle Feta cheese or Parmesan into the salad.
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10-Minute Thanksgiving Green Salad with Spinach
Ingredients
- (1) 6 ounce bag baby spinach
- 3/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1 apple pick your favorite red apple, cored and chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a large bowl. Serve and enjoy!
- Optional: for special add-ins, toss in 1/4 cup toasted almonds or pecans for a great crunch! Before serving sprinkle Feta cheese or Parmesan into the salad.
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Recipe Created by Pamela Reed for brooklynfarmgirl.com
