Invite This Salad to Your Thanksgiving Dinner

This vibrant bowl of roasted squash and radicchio will be a welcome addition to your holiday feast.
Invite This Salad to Your Thanksgiving Dinner
A rich, assertive balsamic vinaigrette brings together this hefty, wholesome salad. Lynda Balslev for Tastefood
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There is a place for salad on the holiday table. With festive feasts that consist of meaty roasts, gooey casseroles, and creamy mashes, a fresh and leafy salad is a welcome accompaniment to a celebratory meal.

You could simply rely on a bowl of tossed seasonal greens as a go-to palate cleanser. Or, better yet, assemble a heftier salad, layered with sturdy greens and chicories, wintry vegetables, and wholesome grains. Not only is it a vibrant and healthy bowl worthy of the season, but it’s a dish that will satisfy vegetarians and carnivores alike.

Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.