Every year during the holidays my step-mother makes a salad similar to this with crispy bacon and a rich, warm salad dressing that she carefully cooks over the stove top and then drizzles over the salad to slightly wilts the spinach. I love the combination of ingredients, but am too impatient to slave away for the dressing since I make this salad several times while pomegranates are in season. For a quick fix I've swapped in my grandmother's everyday sauce vinaigrette, which I always have on hand in the fridge, and it pairs perfectly with the avocado and tart pomegranate seeds. The dressing refrigerates well so it can be made well over a week in advance. <br /> <br />The salad recipe is inspired by Green Christmas Salad from The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins with Sarah Leah Chase.

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