Apple Blue Cheese Salad with Candied Pecans
Apple and Blue Cheese Salad with Candied Pecans is as delicious as it is beautiful! It is the perfect salad for lunch or dinner with friends!
Servings: 2 people
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 1 box Spring lettuce mix
- 2 tablespoons Craisins
- ¼ cup Blue Cheese
- 1 cup candied pecans
- ½ honey crisp apple
- 1 Zesty Apple Cider Vinaigrette
For the Dressing:
- ⅓ cup plain greek yogurt (or Mayonnaise)
- ⅓ cup creamed honey
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- ½ tablespoon ground yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch pepper to taste
Instructions
For the Dressing:
- Combine all ingredients in a blender or medium-size bowl. Blend or whisk until consistency is smooth and creamy.
For the Salad:
- Thinly slice ½ Honeycrisp apple
- Place Spring Mix lettuce in a large bowl
- Sprinkle with craisins and toss the salad
- Drizzle with dressing and toss the leaves lightly
- Sprinkle generously with candied pecans and blue cheese
- Arrange fans of apple slices around the top of the salad.
Notes
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- Preparing the candied pecans and dressing in advance makes this salad an extra quick one. The candied pecans can be stored for weeks in the freezer, and the dressing will get you through two large salads!
- Dressing the leaves before adding toppings is a great trick for presentation purposes. If you won't be eating it right away, or if the presentation is simply not important, wait to dress the salad right before eating.
Variations
- Fruit: Try this recipe with pears!
- Kid friendly: The ground yellow mustard in the dressing definitely gives it a bit of a kick. It hits early and disipates quickly, but you can cut back on ground yellow mustard (try ⅛-1/4 tsp) in the dressing for kids or grown-ups who just don't do spicy.
- Pecans: Don't have time to candy them? Try lightly toasting pecans in a hot pan at your stovetop or in your oven.