Name: Becky's Simply Amazing Persimmon Arugula Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup high quality extra virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; 1/2 teaspoon each salt & pepper (or to taste); 5 oz. arugula (aboout 5 packed cups); 2 Fuyu persimmons, stemmed, quartered, seeded if necessary, then thinly sliced; 1 medium avocado, pitted & diced; 1/2 cup pistachios, roughly chopped; 3 oz. feta, crumbled; Simple Lemon Vinaigrette

A beautiful winter salad with sweet, vibrant persimmons, creamy chunks of avocado, all nestled into a bed of snappy arugula and topped with salty feta, chopped pistachios, and a simple lemon vinaigrette. Simple, tasty, and perfect as a side dish for any meal or holiday gathering. Only 10 minutes to prepare!

A beautiful persimmon arugula salad topped with chopped pistachios, feta, and a simple lemon vinaigrette.

Hello gorgeous salad, with sweet, vibrant persimmons, creamy chunks of avocado, all nestled into a bed of snappy arugula and topped with salty feta and chopped pistachios for a bit of unexpected but welcomed crunch.

And don't forget the so very simple lemon vinaigrette.

I'm crushing so hard on this salad right now.

Quartered persimmons are tucked into a pile of arugula and topped with crumbled feta and chopped pistachios.

All the credit for this tasty and simply amazing persimmon arugula salad goes to my friend Becky. Everyone wave and say, "Hiieee Becky!"

Becky casually strolled into a holiday party we were both at recently, subtly placed this salad in the middle of a spread of holiday cookies and sweet party treats, quickly mixed it together like NBD, and then carried on like it was just an ordinary salad.

It was the first dish among all the party food to be COMPLETELY demolished.

A SALAD BEAT OUT THE COOKIES.

Nice try Becky. I'm onto you and your salad.

But luckily for me, and for you, Becky agreed to share her super simple recipe for this winter salad that will knock your fuzzy socks off. She's really nice like that.

Bright orange-red persimmons sitting on a gray countertop.

Just when winter hits that point when we begin to pine for the bountiful harvest of summer again, and the daylight hours feel so short and the nights feel soooo looong because the place where I live still hasn't decided that setting the clocks back an hour is lame sauce (maybe I should move to Hawaii or Arizona...this is turning into the longest sentence evrrrr).... this salad pulls us through the cold, long, dark, winter nights and shows us that there are some foods that make their debut in the winter that should not be overlooked. Like persimmons.

Are you guys familiar with persimmons?

For no particular reason, persimmons have never really been on my food radar. Until this salad.

Fuyu persimmons (versus Hachiyas persimmons) create the colorful pop and subtle wow-factor in this super simple salad. Fuyus are mildly sweet, resembling something that looks like it could be related to a tomato but with a distinctive four leaf stem on top. This beautiful, winter fruit has suddenly made its way into my foodie heart.

Ingredients for a persimmon arugula salad are laid out on a counter. Avocado, pistachios, feta, persimmons, arugula, lemon vinaigrette in a mason jar.

Why this salad had me at hello:

Simplicity: only 5 ingredients + a super simple vinaigrette (which is also verrry basic with minimal ingredients).
Tasty combo of flavors: subtle sweetness (persimmon) + creamy & mellow (avocado) + spicy (arugula) + salty (feta) + mellow nuttiness (pistachios) = simply amazing
Vibrance: Who doesn't love a beautiful salad?! We eat with our eyes first. The vibrant orange persimmons nestled into a green arugula backdrop and white feta crumblings are not to be brushed off as just another ordinary salad.

Are you ready to jump on this persimmon salad bandwagon with me yet?

Someone is serving persimmon arugula salad from a large salad platter. Two plates of salad are nearby ready to be eaten.

Let's quickly chat about how to make this simply amazing persimmon arugula salad

Step 1: Make the vinaigrette - Add 6 super basic ingredients (good quality extra virgin olive oil, honey, Dijon, lemon juice, salt & pepper) into a mason jar and shake, shake, shake.

Step 2: Put all the salad ingredients in a large bowl. We're only talking 5 - arugula, persimmons, avocado, pistachios, and feta.

Step 3: Add the lemony vinaigrette to the salad and toss, toss, toss.

If I had a big red Staples easy button I'd slam it so hard right now.

Two plates of persimmon arugula salad topped with crumbled feta, chopped pistachios, and a lemon vinaigrette.

If you're on the hook to bring a dish to your next holiday gathering with family or friends and want to knock everyone's fuzzy winter slippers off with some side dish SHAZAAAM! in the form of an unexpectedly tasty and eye-catching salad, this is IT. ♡

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