The transition to a new season is always an exciting time for home cooks. It’s a great time to get out new, seasonal ingredients and try so many new recipes. This Autumn Salad is one of those transitional recipes. It’s a good recipe to start with for fall because it will have you craving all of the fall things! It’s a perfectly delicious salad to add to your dinner menu.
How to make sugared, spiced nuts for salad:
Let me explain that these are awesome. So good. I know you can buy sugared and spiced nuts at Trader Joe’s and other markets, but these are better! Use either walnuts or pecans for the recipe. The nuts are tossed with butter and sugar, and then spices are mixed in (ginger, curry, salt and pepper). They’re baked in the oven for 10 minutes. The recipe might make more than you want to include in your Autumn Salad, so you can save the rest for snacking or adding to another salad.
Maple Cider Vinaigrette:
The vinaigrette for this Autumn Salad is so easy to make, so don’t you dare skip making it! It’s a mix of cider vinegar, maple syrup, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper. And then olive oil is whisked in to complete the simple vinaigrette for this salad. It can be made ahead and refrigerated, and then you can just take it out and re-mix it before adding to your salad.
Ingredients need for Autumn Salad:
spinach leaves sliced pear (you could also use apple) sliced red onion crumbled blue cheese
Combine all of these ingredients in a large bowl. Then sprinkle in the sugared, spiced nuts, and toss with the cider maple vinaigrette.
The result is a totally delicious salad with autumn flavors. It’s not packed with a lot of weird, random ingredients- which I love. The sugared nuts are totally great in this salad. And the vinaigrette brings it all together. I highly recommend you try this Autumn Salad!
If you’ve been in a salad rut, it’s time to try this new Autumn Salad recipe. Plus, it’s a great way to celebrate the season. Enjoy!
Here are a few more fall recipes you might like to try:
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Butternut Squash Risotto Autumn Vegetable Soup Cranberry Rice Pilaf Pumpkin Magic Bars Roasted Autumn Vegetables Pumpkin Dinner Rolls Best Pumpkin Bread
