↑

Life Made Sweeter

Healthy & Delicious Recipes to sweeten up your life

Arugula Salad with Red Cabbage, Pomegranate, Orange and Pineapples

A healthy and refreshing arugula salad with red cabbage, sliced pineapples and oranges, pomegranate arils and chickpeas with an easy and delicious honey-lemon vinaigrette. 

Right around this time every year, I start dreaming about sunny skies and warm and tropical beaches. The temperatures have been frigid lately making it too cold for us to go outside much, so I’ve been trying to brighten up all of our meals with lots of color and refreshing flavors.

This is a bright and beautiful salad that you can put together quickly with ingredients that can easily be swapped out for what you have on hand.

It starts off with some red cabbage tossed in a light and refreshing honey-lemon vinaigrette to soften the leaves slightly and soak up the tangy flavor.

Combined with spicy arugula, sweet oranges, refreshing cucumbers, buttery chickpeas and sweet and tart pomegranate arils makes this a tangy, crisp, and colourful accompaniment to almost any meal.

You can serve it alongside comforting chili in the winter, or bring it to a picnic barbecue in the summer.  Since I always love salads with avocado, I sliced one up and added it in here as well.

A healthy and pretty salad that is perfect to brighten up your spirits and help you stay on-track after all the holiday indulging 🙂

Print
Arugula Salad with Red Cabbage, Pomegranate, Orange and Pineapples
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 
A healthy and refreshing arugula salad with red cabbage, sliced pineapples and oranges, pomegranate arils and chickpeas with an easy and delicious honey-lemon vinaigrette.
Course: Main Course, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: healthy salad recipe, salad with chickpeas, salad with fruit, vegetarian salad
Servings: 4 salads
Calories: 338 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 cups loosely packed arugula leaves
  • 2 cups thinly sliced red cabbage about 1/4 medium cabbage
  • 2 medium oranges sliced into segments
  • 1/2 of a fresh pineapple peeled, cored and sliced
  • 1 medium cucumber peeled and sliced
  • 1/3 cup soaked and cooked chickpeas or canned and drained chickpeas
  • 1/3 cup pomegranate arils
Add-Ins (optional):
  • 1 avocado sliced
  • toasted coconut or nuts
Honey-Lemon Vinaigrette:
  • 1 medium lemon juiced
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk all ingredients for vinaigrette together.
  2. Place sliced cabbage in a large bowl, pour a quarter to half of the vinaigrette over the cabbage and mix in to soak while you gather the rest of the salad ingredients.
  3. Meanwhile, cut the orange and pineapples into slices and add to the cabbage bowl. Throw in the arugula leaves, pomegranate arils and chickpeas, Drizzle with the rest of the vinaigrette and toss well.
  4. Top with your favorite nuts or more pomegranate arils and serve.
Nutrition Facts
Arugula Salad with Red Cabbage, Pomegranate, Orange and Pineapples
Amount Per Serving (1 salad (1/4 recipe; with dressing))
Calories 338 Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Sodium 23mg 1%
Potassium 804mg 23%
Total Carbohydrates 51g 17%
Dietary Fiber 9g 36%
Sugars 36g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 21.5%
Vitamin C 151%
Calcium 10%
Iron 10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

You can also stay connected with me:

Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Google+ | Instagram | Bloglovin

Did you try this recipe?

I'd love to see! Just snap a photo and hashtag it #LIFEMADESWEETER or tag me @lifemadesweeter on Instagram

Free Low Carb / Keto Recipes E-Book!

Sign up now to get a FREE low carb / Keto-friendly recipe e-book, plus access to subscriber exclusives!

As always, thank you for reading and supporting companies I partner with, which allows me to create more unique content and recipes for you. There are affiliate links in this post of which I receive a small commission. All opinions are always my own.

Comments

  2. Love the bright colors of this salad! It’s been grey and cold here too and this salad is what I need to lift my spirits! Beautiful Kelly!

    Reply

  7. I love all the colours in this salad! I’m starting to crave more raw, fresh greens as well and just had some arugula the other night actually. Summer couldn’t come sooner!

    Reply

  9. Kelly, I LOVE this salad!!! so bright and looks delicious!! This seriously has like all of my fave things! I love arugula and red cabbage and the sliced pineapples and oranges, pomegranate arils are perfection! so pretty and refreshing!

    Reply

  19. I love all these gorgeous salads that everyone is coming up with lately! This one is stunning Kelly! So bright and almost summer-y – perfect for chasing away those winter blues!

    Reply

  26. I hear you – around this time of year I want to take a vacation somewhere south until spring comes!!

    This salad looks wonderful, Kelly! It is so bright and beautiful! I love all the different flavours in there as well – from the chick peas to the pineapple! 🙂 Pinned! Have a wonderful weekend!

    Reply

  32. Kelly, you must have been a tropical girl in your past life because you do tropical so well! : ) This salad totally makes me happy. I love nutritious yet delicious. I totally agree with you – with so much gray during these winter months, we have to do everything we can to brighten things up. I was seriously depressed last winter and I just won’t let that happen again this year. Food definitely helps. ; )

    Reply

  38. So much goodness is this hearty bowl of veggies! I try to make salad for lunch during the week so I definitely need to add this one to my menu soon. It is cold and rainy here this week.This salad definitely has me dreaming of warm sunny skies and tropical beaches!

    Reply

  39. I love how colorful this salad looks and it makes me kind of forget how freezing cold it is outside. This looks delicious and a good way to get in all of those veggies and fruits. Pinned!

    Reply

  44. Kelly!! Has there ever been a more gorgeously colorful salad in the universe?! I’m thinking not. 😀 I seriously cannot even handle all the luscious colors and healthy stuff you packed into this stunner salad! Almost too pretty to eat, but that definitely wouldn’t stop me. 🙂 Pinned!

    Reply

  46. Hey Kelly, a salad filled with vibrant colors – just what we all need to dust off the chill of winter. Love all the citrus – such a great immune booster, especially needed with how many bugs that have been flying around lately! Just lovely.

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest Recipes