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All Seasons Vegan - By Tammy Robinson

Cranberry Champagne Christmas Salad

You had me at Champagne! This salad screams Christmas cheer with its holiday colours and bubbly cranberry dressing. I wanted to add a couple of ingredients that really made me think of Christmas, so I selected some dried figs from the pantry. What do you think of when you hear the word fig during this time of year? I think of the Figgy Pudding song by Johnny Cash….have a listen here.

Cranberry Champagne Christmas Salad

Not sure why, but cranberries have also become a symbol of the season. Cranberries are hung on stockings, on Santa’s red outfit and served as a side cranberry sauce at almost every dinner table during this holiday season. I added a little cranberry in the salad and the cranberry in the dressing but to kick it up a notch in flavour, why not some horseradish mustard by Kozliks. So happy I made that choice.

To balance the heat from the hot mustard and bitterness from the playful cranberries, I added some Canadian maple syrup to balance it, warm it and to bring it all together. The champagne gives it that zing zing I absolutely love and adds much sophistication to this eye candy salad. Give it a try and let me know what you think, and oh oh please take a photo, tag me in it too. Can’t wait and Happy Holidays!

Photography by; Shannon Koroll Photography

My Measurements Tips

  • T – is for Tablespoon
  • t – is for teaspoon
  • Yields: 10 servings
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes

Must Haves

  • whisk
  • large serving bowl
  • electric blender

Salad Ingredients

  • 454g baby spinach
  • 1/2 cup pomegranate
  • 1/4 cup diced figs
  • 1/4 cup vegan blue cheese ( Earth Island brand )
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup fresh cranberries
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 1/4 cup whole pecans

Dressing Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup dry sparkling wine or champagne
  • 2 T horseradish mustard ( Kozliks brand )
  • 2 T whole frozen cranberries

 

Instructions

  1. Slice the figs and remove the pomegranate seeds from the peel fruit.
  2. In a large serving bowl, pour in the baby spinach and begin sprinkling all of the ingredients over the salad.
  3. Pour all the dressing ingredients except for the sparkling wine or champagne into an electric blender. Blend for 1 minute. Pour dressing into a bowl. Add the sparkling wine or champagne and use a fork to mix well.
  4. Pour the dressing over the Cranberry Champagne Christmas Salad, toss together and serve.
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