Best Thanksgiving Salad Recipe
This salad is easily one of my new favorites! It has such exciting flavors that all blend so amazingly well together! We all know that cranberry and orange were made to go together but when you add in creamy avocados, salty feta cheese, crunchy toasted almonds, and a slightly sweet poppy seed dressing incredible things just happen. I’d put this on my Thanksgiving menu, skipping the chicken and adding more autumn elements, like a butternut squash in bite-sized pieces. I think this would also be delicious with leftover Thanksgiving turkey and pomegranate seeds.
Cranberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Orange Poppyseed Dressing
Then of course I added grilled chicken because I wanted to make a meal out of this, plus I just love the flavor of any kind of orange chicken so I knew this salad needed it. Pears or cherries would make great substitutions for the fruit, and you can get creative with the nuts too (my family loves pecans on everything for Thanksgiving dinner). You can use another type of lettuce with this salad, pretty much any mellow type of lettuce will do, I just love spinach for its’ color and nutrition. This would also make an incredible Brussels sprouts salad or kale salad. Choose goat cheese if you want a milder taste, or blue cheese if you like even more tangy flavor. Another thing I may try adding to this sometime would be bacon. I actually love the way bacon and orange pair together, plus nearly any salad (or any food for that matter) is better with bacon, right? Let me know if this salad joins your Thanksgiving side dishes! Enjoy!
