This quick and easy persimmon and pomegranate loaded Fall Farmers Market Salad goes well with just about any main course this time of the year!
There are many things in life that give me great joy… binge watching TV, chocolate, sparkling wine (when not pregnant), slutty brownies etc. But there is one thing that I’m currently obsessing over… and lucky for you it’s now on the blog. This Fall Farmers Market Salad is everything. That’s just about the only way to put it. It’s all you could possibly need for a Thanksgiving salad and I made it for you!
Every Wednesday IÂ head down to my local farmers market. It’s pretty much my favorite way to start the day and it’s always fun grabbing a bunch of random things and turning it all into something delicious.
If I end up making a salad with my farmers market goodies, I always throw a bit of goat cheese on top! It’s really the only sensible thing to do and it gives it that slight tang! Feta cheese would be great too. Bonus points for this salad because while you can absolutely serve it on the side for Thanksgiving – it also doubles as the most perfectly satisfying lunch or main course dinner during persimmon season!
PS – are you thinking of putting this on your Thanksgiving menu? Check out the full What’s Gaby Cooking menu here along with the master prep schedule to keep things organized and on track!
Fall Farmers Market Salad
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup candied walnuts
- 8 cups market greens wild kale, wild arugula, etc
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
- 2 persimmons sliced into wedges
- Goat cheese
For the red wine vinaigrette:
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- To make the vinaigrette, in a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper. Add the olive oil in a thin stream, whisking constantly until well blended.
- Put the greens in a large serving bowl, drizzle with the vinaigrette and toss to coat evenly. Top with the persimmons, pomegranate seeds, nuts and goat cheese, and toss well. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Adam Pearson / Prop Styling by Stephanie Hanes // Recipe by What’s Gaby Cooking
That looks gorgeous, the coated goats cheese will add great texture to the whole thing.
I must be the only person out there who has never had goat cheese, fried or otherwise. That’s it, heading out today to get some. I like the balsamic recipe dressing, I usually just buy that in a bottle but it’s expensive. Only tried that about a year ago at T.G.I. Fridays of all places.
This salad is absolutely stunning and the goat cheese just takes it right over the top!
Fried goat cheese and pomegranates for the win! Definitely the perfect fall salad.
This recipe is gorgeous!! Crushing on that goats cheese!
I saw this and my mouth dropped…..I don’t think anything in the world sounds better then fried goat cheese to me right now…
How many does this serve? I’m planning on making your butternut squash soup recipe to pair
So gorgeous, love the fried goat cheese topping!
This looks amazing! I love all of those ingredients so I can only imagine how delicious they are all together in a salad. I am hosting Thanksgiving for our family this year (my first time!) and would love to make this…to be honest though, this sounds pretty time consuming to make along with all of the other sides for Thanksgiving. Maybe I will try it another time.
Ummmm, I have never had fried goat cheese but looks like I need to rectify this immediately!! This looks beautiful.
This salad looks so yummy. Goat cheese and pomegranate seeds caught my eye immediately!
Woah! This looks incredible.
This salad looks unbelievably yummy!
Those goat cheese rounds…I want to cherry pick them all off and steal them 🙂 Beautiful salad, Gaby! Pinned!
This looks SO good! I may try to make it one evening this week!
Really mouth watering… apples slices & goat cheese are really tempting….!!!
kinda the best combo ever!!!
looks great and tasty. I prepared this salad tonight and the whole family was excited.
Looks like I found the salad I’m bringing to Thanksgiving dinner with my Aunty! You pretty much had me at fried goat cheese. The persimmons are just an added bonus! P.S. That bike is ridiculously cool. Wish we lived closer so I could ride over with you.
This is the perfect Fall salad! I saw persimmons in the market for the first time today. So I’m ready to be making this!
I am in love with all the wonderful flavors and ingredients!
Wait- did I miss something? Where does it say to fry the goat cheese? Several comments are loving the fried goat cheese but I don’t see that in the recipe anywhere?
Salad looks gorgeous though!
Help!
haha you and my husband can gush over game of thrones while I steal this salad! Mmm k?
Sounds like a great salad and this pomegranates!!!
What a perfect fall salad!
Fall salad perfection!
Hello Gabby, I am Noel from Johannesburg South Africa, through which I am sure you passed to get to the most special safari place in the world the Okavongo.in Botswana
In about 1963 we went through a transformation albeit a very confusing one, to the metric system, At the time the government banned, (they were good at banning all sorts of things) the sale of rulers in inches, scales in pounds, milk in quarts and Fahrenheit, So we think in kilometer, grams, litres and degrees centigrade !!!
Imagine how confusing your recipies are to us in the darkest tip of Africa.!
In the modern age, is there a way I could click on a Gabby button, and everything converts into my English?
Keep up the good work, one of the special things i love about WGC is watching you embrace your winter, whilst at 2pm today we will be at 32 deg C (oops my english), a thunderstorm at 4pm, cocktails when I get home around the pool,,sunset at 7 pm.
Kind regards,
Noel.
How many does this serve about?
6-8
You had me at farmer’s market!!
Oh oh so excited Doing this for sure!!!! Thanks 🙂
I do this without frying the goat cheese and it’s still AMAZING.
Question: has anyone tried with an alternative to persimmon? I can not find those near me in WA.
Am I crazy, or did this have pancetta on it last year? I made it for Thanksgiving last year and it was the first thing gone! …still adding pancetta, just wondering if you tweaked the recipe. 🙂
I did because it was kinda a pain to crisp up the pancetta – but my all means do it!! It’s so good and adds that salty kick
What does a persimmon taste like or is close to in flavor? Thank you!
really nothing can come close to its flavor!!! its delish tho
You can sub plums if you cant find persimmon. That is the closest thing, but persimmons arent as sweet of as juicy.
Pomegranate makes everything so festive and delicious!
I made this and it was awesome. I used an 11 oz container of mixed greens. It was, by far, one of the best salads I have ever had.
Simply delicious! Best use of persimmons balanced with the rich greens and tart pomegranate seeds.
Hi! This looks delicious. Is there another fruit or something you would suggest in place of persimmon? I want to make for Thanksgiving but one of our guests cannot have persimmons.
Thank you!
apples or pears!
This salad was a hit for Thanksgiving!! Added a few ingredients from your Persimmon Salad recipe to this dressing (honey, apple cider vinegar and small shallot). Yum!! So colorful, too. Thank you!
I made it for tonight’s dinner.
So many colors – such a colorful salad.
It was easy to prepare and very delicious.