Festive Holiday Wreath Salad

Wreath-shaped food seems to be quite popular this holiday (2025) season so I used some of the ideas on the Internet and adapted them to create our own version. So, this post is not so much of a recipe as an assembly method . . . and a reminder for me about how I created the salad. The ideas are endless . . . add other fruits, nuts or seeds, or even use vegetables instead of fruit.

Festive Holiday Wreath Salad

Mixed greens

Additions: these are the ones I used:

Clementines, peeled and sectioned

Pomegranate seeds

Green onions, cut into thin rounds

Sugared pecans — add pecans to a dry, stick-free skillet set on medium temp; throw in  

    some granulated sugar and stir until sugar crystalizes and then melts. Transfer 

    immediately to wax paper to avoid sticking.)

Other additions:

Cucumber for the bow —  make thin slides with a madoline and then fold in half for  

    the bow, wrapping a thin piece of another cucumber slice around the center (I did 

    secure on the back with a piece of toothpick). Then cut another cucumber strip in half 

    and make V’s on one end of each and arrange below the bow.

Mom’s Celery Seed Dressing

1. Put a glass in the center of a round platter and then place mixed greens around the edge of the platter.
2. Arrange additions over greens.
3. Top with cucumber bowl.
4. Serve with dressing, allowing everyone to dress their own salad.