Mizuna Greens Salad with Pomegranate Seeds and Sliced Apple

Today I made a healthy and simple salad using mizuna greens. Mizuna is a Japanese green and the flavor is delicious, like a peppery green similar to arugula, but milder. It’s wonderful eaten raw but you can also have it sauteed, steamed, pickled or used in soups. I added sweet pomegranate seeds and apple slices to compliment the slight bitter flavor of the mizuna.

For the dressing I made a refreshing and light lemon vinaigrette with a hint of honey. Mizuna is sold at Asian grocery stores or health food markets. If you can’t find mizuna greens, you can use arugula or mustard greens.

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Whisk salad dressing until emulsified and set aside. Slice apple into thin wedges.

Release pomegranate seeds with a rolling pin. Evenly toss together with the salad dressing.

Mizuna Salad Recipe

1/2 bunch mizuna, cleaned and roughly chopped

1 pomegranate, halved and seeds taken out (or 1/2 cup store bought seeds)

1 apple, sliced into thin wedges

Mizuna Salad Dressing Recipe

3 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 lemon, juiced

1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

1 teaspoon honey

salt and pepper, to taste

For the dressing, whisk olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, honey and salt & pepper. Set aside.

Place mizuna greens and apple slices in a large bowl. Cut pomegranate in half and hit the back side with a rolling pin (or other device) to release seeds, see photo above. Pour in dressing and toss well. Arrange salad on serving plates.

Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
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