This vegan and gluten free fig and pomegranate salad is sure to be a crowd pleaser! It's quick, easy, and delicious - taking only 15 minutes to prepare! The perfect dish for when you want a healthy lunch or dinner. Drizzle this salad with our sweet balsamic dressing and each bite will be an explosion of flavor!
This delicious and healthy salad is made using fresh arugula, spinach, figs, pomegranate, roasted walnuts, and a plant based greek cheese. Pair it with our sweet balsamic salad dressing and it truly is the perfect blend of flavors. With each bite, a new flavor opens up!
The figs, when fully ripe, have a soft melt-in-your-mouth texture. It has a sweet honey-like taste and floral notes that are perfect in sweet salads and especially in desserts like this Vegan Fig Loaf Cake. They are beautiful and are sure to make any dish a masterpiece!
Total Time
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Cooking time: 5 minutes
- Total: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- Arugula
- Spinach
- Fresh figs
- Walnuts
- Vegan white cheese
- Pomegranate
- Basil leaves
For the sweet balsamic dressing:
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Maple syrup
- Salt
How to make this vegan fig and pomegranate salad
- Roast the walnuts in a dry skillet over low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly brown. Put aside and let cool.
- Add the dressing ingredients into a small jar and cover with a lid. Shake until mixed.
- Place arugula, spinach and torn basil leaves in a large bowl then add the roasted walnuts.
- Deseed half a pomegranate and sprinkle the seeds in the bowl.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad bowl, tossing the salad until all the leaves are lightly coated.
- Crumble the cheese and add to the salad bowl.
- Place sliced figs on top, lightly toss. Enjoy!
Tips For Success And Variations
- Make sure you take the time to roast the walnuts. Not only will they have a darker and more beautiful color, but roasting walnuts will give it a more intense flavor!
- If you're not vegan, you can use honey in the sweet balsamic dressing instead of the maple syrup.
- You can use a dairy or dairy-free white cheese, whichever you prefer. This recipe uses a white coconut-based greek cheese.
Storage
- This salad is best eaten fresh and consumed within an hour, especially if the dressing has already been added. The vegetables will begin to wilt and the fig will brown the longer it sits.
- However, if you do have leftovers then store it in an airtight container to be eaten the next day. Store any extra salad dressing separately in a jar with a lid.
Equipment
- Skillet (for roasting walnuts)
- Chopping board
- Kitchen knife
- Salad bowl
Vegan Fig And Pomegranate Salad
Course: Salads, Lunch, AppetizersCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy2
servings10
minutes5
minutes660
kcalThis vegan fig and pomegranate salad with a sweet balsamic dressing is absolutely beautiful and a refreshing burst of flavors in each bite. It makes an easy and nutritious lunch or the perfect side salad to serve with dinner. Trust me, it will be your new favorite!
Ingredients
5 cups arugula
1 cup spinach
5 figs
1/2 pomegranate
1/2 cup walnuts
4 ounces vegan greek white cheese:
Few basil leaves
- For the dressing
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons maple syrup
salt, to taste
Directions
- Roast the walnuts in a dry skillet over low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly brown. Put aside and let cool.
- Add the dressing ingredients into a small jar and cover with a lid. Shake until mixed.
- Place arugula, spinach and torn basil leaves in a large bowl then add the roasted walnuts.
- Deseed half a pomegranate and sprinkle the seeds in the bowl.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad bowl, tossing the salad until all the leaves are lightly coated.
- Crumble the cheese and add to the salad bowl.
- Place sliced figs on top, lightly toss. Enjoy!
Notes
- Make sure you take the time to roast the walnuts. Not only will they have a darker and more beautiful color, but roasting walnuts will give it a more intense flavor!
- This salad is best eaten fresh and consumed within an hour, especially if the dressing has already been added. The vegetables will begin to wilt and the fig will brown the longer it sits.
- However, if you do have leftovers then store it in an airtight container to be eaten the next day. Store any extra salad dressing separately in a jar with a lid.
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Nutritional Information
This nutrition card is calculated by a third party app and is only an estimate. The numbers will vary based on the specific ingredient amounts and brands you use in making this recipe.
Nutrition Facts
2 servings per container
Serving Size1 servings
Calories660
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Total Fat
47g
73%
- Saturated Fat 15g 75%
- Sodium 110mg 5%
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Potassium 767mg 22%
- Total Carbohydrate
60g
20%
- Dietary Fiber 7g 29%
- Sugars 34g
- Protein 6g 12%
- Vitamin A 98%
- Vitamin C 29%
- Calcium 55%
- Iron 6%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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Hi! I'm the founder of Speak Veggie To Me, a fun health and food blog where I share my favorite mouthwatering vegan and vegetarian recipes.
This is such a beautiful salad! I love the flavor combo with the fig and arugula.
I absouletely love balsamic dressings. So refreshing and delicious salad I could eat even in winter too.
This salad is DELICIOUS! The balsamic dressing compliments the figs and arugula. It is so easy to make and looks beautiful.
This salad is super refreshing. Balsamic is probably my favorite dressing and I grow my own figs so this is the perfect light dinner for me!
Such a pretty and delicious salad. I'll be making this for this weekend.
Wow, the fig looks so fresh and the photo of the dressing looks good too. I can make and eat this salad anytime.
Love this salad! So beautiful, delicious, and refreshing.
Figs, walnuts, and goat cheese are my favorite flavor combo for fall salads. Your version was delicious!
What a fantastic salad! It's such a great medley of flavors and textures. Love it!
That looks absolutely lush. I love the dressing too.
That was delicious. Figs really uplift the whole salad to another level. I'm going to make this salad again, for sure.
I love fig and balsamic together. This looks amazing.
Beautiful! I have always wanted to use figs in my salad but couldn't think of how to do so, what an inspiring healthy salad.
This looks heavenly! I love all things Figs. Thank you for sharing such a delicious salad
This fig and pomegranate salad is such a treat for the eyes and palate! It's quick, easy, and delicious - I love that it takes only 15 minutes to get a healthy lunch or dinner!
Plant-based salads are my favorite! This fresh vegan fig and pomegranate salad is so delicious and satisfying. It's so simple and easy to make. Looks stunning! It's a great way to encourage healthy eating for kids!
Figs are in the season so this could be the best recipe for this season! I will definitely make it asap! Thank you!
I love figs. We have a fig tree planted next to my home. I am always looking for more delicious recipes using fresh figs. This salad looks amazing.
Yum! This Fig Salad is so delicious! I love how bright and fresh it is! Perfect for Fall!
I'm drooling imagining the taste of fig and the Greek white cheese. So freaking good.
I love how colourful this salad is! And so healthy! I love rockets in my salad and so happy to have found a salad recipe with them as the main green here 🙂 The dressing sounds super yum too can't wait to make this for my lunch!
The balsamic vinegar dressing is the perfect dressing for this salad and mixed with the sweetness of the fresh figs; it tastes amazing! What a great healthy salad recipe! Thanks for sharing it 👌🏼
My kind of salad! This is the most filling and tasty salad! So good!
I love the textures and flavors of this salad!
This is such a delicious fall salad! The flavors are fantastic!
One of the most delicious salads I've ever made at home! I wish figs were available all year long!
This is such an amazing salad that is so full of flavour!
Gorgeous salad, what a beautiful combination of colors, texture and flavor!
This is such a bright and fresh fall salad. The flavors were amazing! Also, beautiful food photos.
Love this full of flavor salad and since the figs are in season, reason more to have it often. Perfect lunch date with a friend.
this salad is so fresh and healthy, the sweet balsamic is also a great dressing and taste from what Im always using.
Yum! I have a thing about fresh figs, they are so delicious and I love how they really bring a great flavor to any dish! This was amazing, I could eat it every day for lunch!
Love all of the fresh ingredients in this salad! And the balsamic dressing pairs perfectly!