If so long you thought that salads are just for those bright summer months, time you take a re-look. Salads - those perfect accompaniments to your main courses - can easily be made interesting and unique by just spinning in a few winter produce along with the fried eggs or tangy cheeses. So, let’s look at the top 10 salads for winter and see how tastefully we can make our healthy habits really hearty and heartwarming.
•    Mixed Greens with Tangerines and Shaved Fennel: This green salad made of shallots and baby greens, flavored with rice vinegar and tossed with grated tangerine peels and sliced fennel, adds a remarkable bright flavor to your winter dinners.
•    Butter Lettuce With Satsumas and Feta: This salad for winter simply wakes your palate up with its perfectly blended sweet, salty and tart flavors of the buttered lettuces, satsuma and feta cheese.
•    Maple Roasted Pumpkin Salad: Roasted pumpkins and greens, topped with the sweetness of maple syrup and tossed with the crunch of pepitas, simply embodies the essence of winter when served on the table.
•    Autumn Farmers’ Market Salad: The sweet caramelized flavors of a few dices of roasted squash are perfectly balanced with the tangy pomegranate seeds and peppery arugula to conjure up this favorite salad for winters.
•    Insalata Caprese Invernale: Roasted tomatoes, basil, pesto, pine nuts and mozzarella combine together to produce this lovely winter caprese salad that had been an eternal favorite since time immemorial.
•    Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Salad: The refreshingly crisp bite offered by a few pieces of roasted butternut squash and apples combined with the tart bite of the creamy blue cheese merge together to give an ironic blend of complementing flavors in your mouth.
•    Asian Spinach Salad with Orange and Avocado: This winter salad marks the presence of important winter fruits – avocado and orange. Spinach and orange combine together to present a fabulously refreshing combination of citrus spinach and avocado flavors that really makes this an outstanding salad for winter.
•    Warm Chanterelle Salad with Speck and Poached Eggs: Speck - the lightly smoked, cured and air-dried pork combines with chanterelles and poached eggs to present a warm, rich delicious salad for winter in just a few seconds.
•    Warm Chicken, Radicchio, and Fennel Salad: If a deviant version of cold salad is what you are looking for, then this salad for winter is ideal for you. The warm chicken salad clubbed with sautéed radicchio, fennel, carrots and cheese combine together to offer a unique, delectable and soul-warming flavor.
•    Prosciutto and Shrimp Antipasti Salad: This indulgent salad for winter combines artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers and fresh fennel with prosciutto-wrapped shrimp to offer one of the amazing winter salads.
•    Lobster Salad with Fresh Mint and Lime: This unique winter salad gets its soul from the combined flavors of mint, basil, cilantro and lime. A generous dash of coconut milk to this adds a surprising body and richness. When clubbed with lobster, this salad gets its ultimate look and beauty.
Thus, winter vegetables or fruits or even the meats combine together to present a wide variety of salads for winter – each offering a unique taste and flavor in its own way. It is indeed amazing to see the wide spread of winter salads that an inventive mind can place on the dinner table. So, this holiday season, try these top 10 salads for winter or add a twist of creativity to these and enjoy a healthy and hearty winter meal.

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