Apple Mandarin Orange Pear and Feta Spinach Salad is the ultimate fall salad! It has delicious fresh flavors, beautiful colors and when finished with this Orange Poppy Seed Dressing no one can resist. It’s sure to be one of your fall favorites!

A Delicious Autumn Spinach Salad

I knew from the beginning though that I would love it because I used my super delicious, super popular Orange Poppy Seed Dressing from my Cranberry Avocado Chicken and Spinach Salad.

The flavors, the colors, the textures, the sweet, the salty, the tang it’s all spot on perfect in my opinion.

You get those tender spinach leaves laden with crisp sweet apples, bright tangy oranges and those soft and juicy mellow pears.

Then you add toasted crunchy pecans and salty feta to that blend and finally finish it all off with the most irresistible Orange Poppy Seed Dressing!

Ingredients Needed for This Salad

  • Baby spinach
  • Fresh mandarin oranges
  • Gala apples
  • Bartlette pears
  • Pecans
  • Feta Cheese

Ingredients Needed for Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

  • Olive oil and canola oil
  • Oranges
  • Lemon
  • Honey
  • Dijon mustard
  • Poppy seeds
  • Salt

A Salad People Will Request Again and Again

This a salad that everyone is going to remember. And not only that they’ll be begging you to make it again, and again!

But for a shortcut you can just tell everyone it’s Autumn/Fall Spinach Salad with Best Dressing :).

It’s basically and autumn version of the beloved strawberry spinach salad with poppy seed dressing.

If you like fruit and if you like salads you will be head over heals crazy about this one.

How to Let Those Colors Shine

If you want to be super particular like I was here and to let the colors shine you can layer the fruit over the top with the skin side of the apples and pears facing upward (in other words just cut them keep them together and move them skin side up when you transfer them to the salad, if that makes sense).

And looaaddd on that dressing dressing! Or drink it straight up. Kidding, but it really it is just too good!

And do serve this salad right away. That soft spinach leaves will start to wither pretty quickly once that dressing is added if they sit.

For make ahead you can prep the dressing a day or two in advance and chill in the refrigerator, crumble the feta, and toast the pecans. Then wait to cut up the fruit so it doesn’t brown until your ready to serve.

I hope you love this one as much as my family does! My mom labeled it as “one of the best salads she’s ever eaten” so I’m not the only one :).

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5 from 3 votes Review Recipe

Autumn Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

The best autumn salad! Packed with bright and sweet flavors and festive colors. This salad and dressing are one of my absolute favorites!

Servings: 7

Prep25 minutesCook30 minutesReady in: 55 minutes

Ingredients9 oz. baby spinach3 small mandarin oranges, peeled and segmented2 small red gala apples, cored and diced2 bartlette pears, cored and diced1 cup pecans, toasted and roughly chopped3/4 cup feta cheese, crumbledOrange Poppy Seed Dressing1/4 cup olive oil1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil2 tsp orange zest1/4 cup fresh orange juice2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice2 Tbsp honey2 tsp dijon mustard1 Tbsp poppy seeds1/4 tsp salt

InstructionsFor the dressing:Add all of the dressing ingredients to a jar, cover with lid and shake to emulsify. Chill for 30 minutes if possible. Shake again just before pouring over salad.For the salad:Layer spinach, apples, mandarin oranges, pears, pecans and feta into a large salad bowl. Drizzle with dressing and toss to evenly coat. Serve immediately.Recipe source: Cooking Classy, dressing recipe from my other salad recipe that I love.

Nutrition Facts Autumn Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

	Amount Per Serving

Calories 391 Calories from Fat 270

% Daily Value*

Fat 30g46%Saturated Fat 5g31%Cholesterol 14mg5%Sodium 309mg13%Potassium 457mg13%Carbohydrates 28g9%Fiber 5g21%Sugar 20g22%Protein 5g10% Vitamin A 3825IU77%Vitamin C 32.1mg39%Calcium 165mg17%Iron 1.8mg10% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.

Course: SaladCuisine: AmericanKeyword: Spinach Salad Author: Jaclyn

5 from 3 votes

Review Recipe

Nutrition Facts Autumn Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

	Amount Per Serving

Calories 391 Calories from Fat 270

% Daily Value*

Fat 30g46%Saturated Fat 5g31%Cholesterol 14mg5%Sodium 309mg13%Potassium 457mg13%Carbohydrates 28g9%Fiber 5g21%Sugar 20g22%Protein 5g10% Vitamin A 3825IU77%Vitamin C 32.1mg39%Calcium 165mg17%Iron 1.8mg10% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.

Nutrition Facts

Autumn Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

	Amount Per Serving

Calories 391 Calories from Fat 270

% Daily Value*

Fat 30g46%

Saturated Fat 5g31%

Cholesterol 14mg5%

Sodium 309mg13%

Potassium 457mg13%

Carbohydrates 28g9%

Fiber 5g21%

Sugar 20g22%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 3825IU77%

Vitamin C 32.1mg39%

Calcium 165mg17%

Iron 1.8mg10%

  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: SaladCuisine: AmericanKeyword: Spinach Salad

Author: Jaclyn