Thanksgiving Winter Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette

Brighten up your holiday feast with this colorful salad! Blue cheese, pomegranates, and hazelnuts add interesting flavor and crunch to this seasonal salad, making it deliciously easy to add more vegetables to your holiday plate.
This recipe is part of our Diabetes-Friendly Thanksgiving Meal Plan and has been modified to make 10 servings. The original recipe makes 6 servings and can be found here.
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- Prep time
- 10 min
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- Servings
- 10 Servings
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- Serving size
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1 cup
Ingredients
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champagne vinegar
- 3 tbsp
- 3 tbsp
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lemon juice
- 2 tbsp
- 2 tbsp
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honey
- 1 1/2 tsp
- 1 1/2 tsp
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salt
- 1/4 tsp
- 1/4 tsp
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black pepper
- 1/4 tsp
- 1/4 tsp
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fresh minced chives
- 3 tsp
- 3 tsp
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walnut or olive oil
- 1/3 cup
- 1/3 cup
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salad greens
- 10 cup
- 10 cup
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crumbled blue cheese
- 3 tbsp plus 1 tsp
- 3 tbsp plus 1 tsp
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pomegranate seeds
- 1/3 cup
- 1/3 cup
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chopped hazelnuts
- 2 tbsp
- 2 tbsp
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Directions
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In a small bowl, whisk together the champagne vinegar, lemon juice, honey, salt, pepper, chives, and oil until well combine. Or, add ingredients to a jar with a tight fitting lid and shake until combined.
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In a large serving bowl, combine the salad greens, blue cheese, pomegranate seeds, and hazelnuts. Toss with the dressing just before serving, or serve with dressing on the side.