Easy Christmas salad with pomegranate and yoghurt dressing

A very easy recipe to prepare even the last moment on Christmas day or any day during the Holiday season to accompany various meat dishes or at a buffet party. Good looking and colourful but the most important is it is delicious in taste and so refreshing

Slightly adapted from a recipe of Mrs Anna Kantzou
for the site of Argyro Barbarigou,

a prominent Head Cook
Check out her site Argiro for more Festive recipes



Ingredients (for 4-6 people)

For the salad:
500gr. finely shredded white cabbage
2 large carrots, grated
1 green apple, cut in small cubes
2 stalks of celery, finely chopped
1 tea-cup of tinned corn
1 tea-cup of pomegranate arils
1/2 tea-cup of finely chopped walnuts
1 tbsp of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley (optional -my addition)

For the dressing:
3 tbsp of mayonnaise
1 tsp of mild mustard
1 pot of Greek strained yoghurt (170-200gr.)
1-2 tsp of plain vinegar
1/2 tsp of granulated sugar (optional -my addition)
1 tbsp of olive oil (optional -my addition)
1 pinch of salt (optional -my addition)

Method:
Put in a large salad bowl the cabbage, the carrots, the apple, the corn and the celery and mix with your hands.

Add half the pomegranate, the walnuts and the parsley and mix again.

Beat the dressing ingredients well with a whisk in a bowl. If the mixture is too thick, thin it out with a splash of water.

Pour the dressing over the salad and mix thoroughly with two spoons. Sprinkle on top with the rest of the pomegranate and serve immediately.