Fall is full of apples and cranberries and pecans, and so is this salad! The apple in the salad comes from the apple cider vinaigrette, but fresh cut red delicious apples would be a welcome ingredient in this salad too. This Mixed Green Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette is a nice addition to a perfect, chilly weather fall dinner.
Ingredients needed:
apple cider vinegar granulated white sugar extra virgin olive oil minced onion paprika chopped pecans red leaf lettuce crumbled feta cheese dried cranberries
How to make the perfect fall salad?
First make the apple cider vinaigrette. Heat the apple cider in the microwave until hot. Add the sugar, and stir until it is dissolved. Whisk in olive oil, minced white onion and paprika. Chop red lettuce and add it to a salad bowl. Use green lettuce, if you’d like, or a combination of both red leaf and green leaf. Add the toasted pecans, dried cranberries and crumbled feta cheese. Crumbled blue cheese would make a good sub for the feta cheese to change things up.
Drizzle the apple cider vinaigrette onto the salad.
How do you toast pecans?
Toasting pecans is easy to do. Place the pecans in even layer in a shallow, rimmed pan. Bake the pecans at 350 degrees F. for 15 minutes or until toasted, stirring once. You toast pecans and store them in a sealed container or freezer bag in the freezer. They’ll stay fresh up to 3 months. Take them out to use as you need them.
Pro tip:
This salad would also be good made with candied pecans. Make them homemade, or buy them already candied at Trader Joe’s or your favorite market!
Toss the salad to incorporate the vinaigrette. Serve immediately.
This mixed green salad with apple cider vinaigrette would be the perfect side salad for Roasted Pork Loin, Cider Roasted Chicken or Butternut Squash Soup. Enjoy!
