Pomegranate Apple and Beet Salad

Looking for a healthy salad with nice fresh ingredients? This Pomegranate Apple and Beet Salad is light and tasty! Just what you’ll enjoy after indulging in holiday treats!

I hope your holiday season was filled with all the things that bring you joy.

Pomegranate Apple and Beet Salad - The Foodie AFfair
Healthy salad with fresh ingredients.

Sometimes the end of the year leaves me feeling overwhelmed and frankly, exhausted from trying to squeeze everything that I would like to do in the few short weeks that surround Christmas.

This year I told myself, nope, I’m not going to run around like a crazy lady (at least for the holidays!).

I’m going to make an effort to enjoy the season by taking the time to look at the pretty Christmas lights and decorations,

I’m going to watch It’s A Wonderful Life (for the hundredth time) from start to finish. My hubby and I are going to carve out a whole weekend to celebrate our anniversary!

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Holiday Getaway, Cambria Pines Lodge

This season, I am going to do the things that make me happy; family-time, runs and workouts that challenge me, good conversations with friends, belly laughs, and partaking in scrumptious foods, of course!

So that’s exactly what I did. I took all the pressure off of myself and let everything just BE.

Instead of baking 12 dozen cookies, I made 6 or maybe it was 8 dozen. The presents still managed to get wrapped, and yummy food served. You get the idea, chillax.

And. It. Has. Been. FABULOUS!

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I baked them, my big kids decorated them, we all ate them!
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We decorated gingerbread houses from a kit! Kitty Scout wanted to play too!

So here I am entering the new year relaxed, refreshed, and happy! AND…I have committed to a 21 day no-junk food challenge! No processed foods, no cakes, candies, ice cream or CHOCOLATE (wha-wha-what?!).

If you’ve made a commitment to eat healthy, this salad is for you! Fresh and delicious. Kind of sweet with the apples, so you feel like you are cheating, but not in a chocolatey kind of way 🙂

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Pomegranate, Apple, and Beet Salad

Refreshing salad with sliced apples, pomegranate seeds and beets with a fresh orange juice dressing.
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: beets, dressing, fruit, orange juice, salad, side dish
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 128kcal
Author: The Foodie Affair

Ingredients

  • Five cups of Spring Mix salad
  • 2 apples Fuji or Gala cored and sliced (drizzle with the juice of half a lemon to prevent browning)
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1 package cooked beets sliced (Trader Joe’s sells them)
  • 1 Tablespoon orange zest
  • ½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice 2-3 large oranges
  • 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  • Prepare salad using spring mix, apples, pomegranate seeds, and beets.
  • Mix remaining ingredients into a dressing, and drizzle over salad.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 128kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 162mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g

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Please note that the nutritional information provided are guidelines and may vary based on the brand of products used. For your specific nutritional goals use My Fitness Pal or Verywell Fit recipe calculators. All content within this site is not intended as medical diagnosis or treatment and should not be considered a substitute for professional medical expertise.

Recipe inspired from Martha Stewart. Check out the video on how to seed a pomegranate.

Peace friends!

Hugs Sandra Signature

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16 Comments

  1. Beautiful salad and love all the goodies you made with your kids.

    Thank you for your comment on my blog!

    Happy New Year to you and yours 🙂

    1. It is an easy salad to whip up!

      Passing on chocolate is not easy, and I already know this will be a short term sacrifice. Chocolate and I are great buddies 🙂

  2. What a gorgeous healthy salad! I can’t get down with beets, though. I know. So uncool. It’s the food I can’t make myself eat. I’m loving the colors here, though! A perfect plate of health! Glad you had a relaxing holiday season!

    1. It’s hearty. More so if I added some chicken! By the way, your shrimp salad was soooo good! I made it with blue cheese for my hubby and I and we both thought it was delicious! 🙂