Light salad with pomegranate seeds and croutons

First we will make crispy croutons for the salad. It is better to use white bread for croutons. Cut the bread into small cubes. We put parchment paper on a baking sheet and pour out our future croutons. Sprinkle with salt, then also sprinkle with dry garlic. In no case do not use fresh garlic, otherwise it will burn in the oven.

Then sprinkle our croutons with our favorite spices, I took basil, you can take spices Provencal herbs or any of your own.

Then sprinkle the croutons with olive oil and mix well. Then sprinkle with spices again, I have basil and garlic. We send all this preheated in the oven at 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.

Grate medium carrots on a fine grater.

In a deep bowl, put a mixture of lettuce leaves, which includes two types of spinach and arugula, then put grated carrots.

Clean the grant and squeeze out a little pomegranate juice, about 2-3 tablespoons., for the juiciness of the salad. Let's mix everything up. If you add juice after the croutons, when stirring, the croutons may get wet with pomegranate juice and will not look very nice in the salad.

Then add the pomegranate seeds (about ¼ of the pomegranate) and the cooled croutons, sprinkle everything with salt and season with olive oil.

Then grate Parmesan cheese on a coarse grater and send it to the salad bowl. If there is no parmesan, you can take any other hard cheese.

Mix everything. The salad is ready.

The salad turns out to be light and very tasty, it is good to serve it with fried meat or chicken. On New Year's holidays it will be an addition to the main dish.

This salad can be served on any holidays, such as March 8, February 23, Valentine's Day, New Year's holidays and birthdays, as well as for every day, even if unexpected guests come, you can cook in a hurry, as long as there are similar ingredients. It will also be interesting for children, due to pomegranate seeds. Try and experiment, share your opinion in the comments.

Bon appetit!