Description
Enjoy the flavors of fall with this delightful Autumn Harvest Honeycrisp Apple and Feta Salad. Crisp Honeycrisp apples, tangy feta cheese, sweet cranberries, and crunchy pecans come together with a honey-Dijon dressing for a refreshing and satisfying salad.
Ingredients
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Salad:
- 2 Honeycrisp apples (thinly sliced)
- 5 oz mixed greens or baby spinach
- ½ cup crumbled feta cheese
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries
- ⅓ cup candied or toasted pecans
- ¼ red onion (thinly sliced)
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds (optional)
Dressing:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Prepare Dressing: In a small bowl or jar, whisk together olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper until emulsified.
- Assemble Salad: In a large salad bowl, combine mixed greens, apples, feta, cranberries, pecans, red onion, and pumpkin seeds. Drizzle with dressing and toss gently to coat all ingredients evenly.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- For extra flavor, try a balsamic glaze drizzle or swap goat cheese for feta.
- Enhance the salad by adding grilled chicken or roasted squash for a heartier meal.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1¼ cups
- Calories: 260
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
