Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, my favorite fall salad with maple dijon vinaigrette. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
It starts with a base of arugula and kale, and then gets topped with honeycrisp apple, red onion, roasted fennel and butternut squash, avocado, pomegranate, toasted pecans, and fried sage leaves! Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette! This spinach salad is layered with crisp apples, dried cranberries, slivered red onion, pecans, and pumpkin seeds, then drizzled in a refreshing Maple Dijon Vinaigrette. The perfect combination of sweet and savory is present in this salad and has been one of my favorite dinners this season.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have my favorite fall salad with maple dijon vinaigrette using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette:
- Prepare Salad Ingredients :
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup romaine lettuce (or lettuce of choice)
- Make ready 1/2 cup thinly sliced red cabbage
- Get 1 small carrot, peeled and shredded
- Prepare 1 grilled chicken breast, sliced
- Get 1/2 cup roasted butternut squash (or roasted sweet potato)
- Prepare 1 tbsp. dried cranberries
- Get 1 tbsp. pumpkin seeds
- Make ready 2 tbsp. roughly chopped pecans (or walnuts)
- Prepare Maple Dijon Vinaigrette Ingredients :
- Make ready 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- Make ready 2 tsp. - 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup (depending how sweet you want)
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp. dijon mustard
- Make ready to taste salt and pepper
Drizzle with Maple-Cider Vinaigrette, gently tossing to coat. This hearty fall harvest salad is the perfect combination of smoky bacon, salty feta, tender butternut squash, crisp apple, and crunchy candied pecans. The best part is the quick and easy maple mustard vinaigrette that is drizzled all over. This salad is naturally gluten-free, made from real food ingredients, and will leave you feeling great.
Steps to make My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette:
- Toss the chopped romaine, sliced red cabbage and shredded carrots all together.
- Top with the roasted squash, chicken, cranberries, pumpkin seeds and nuts.
- For the dressing, simply whisk together everything in a small bowl or place in a small jar with a tight fitting lid and shake. Start with just the 2 tsp of maple syrup and increase to make the dressing sweeter, if you'd like.
- Top your salad with desired amount of dressing and enjoy!
The best part is the quick and easy maple mustard vinaigrette that is drizzled all over. This salad is naturally gluten-free, made from real food ingredients, and will leave you feeling great. Fall Harvest Salad with Warm Maple Bacon Vinaigrette In this gorgeous Fall Harvest Salad; crisp apples, pears, sliced carrots, toasted pecans and blue cheese are tossed with mixed greens and chopped bacon. The salad is then drizzled with a warm maple bacon vinaigrette! Serve as a side or top with sliced chicken as an entree.
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