Green salad with Apples, Blue Cheese, Pecans, Mixed Vegetables and Honey Lemon Dijon Mustard Dressing is a great addition to any menu! Simple enough to make on weekdays – fancy enough to share with family and friends for a special occasion! Just serve it side salador Lunchor add protein (e.g. grilled or boiled steak or chicken) to make it a complete meal.
Easy green salad with apples and blue cheese
Apples are great for green salads (e.g. apple and spinach salad or rocket and apple salad). And once you add blue cheese to the apples in a salad, it instantly takes it to a new level! The sharp and distinctively salty flavor of blue cheese pairs beautifully with the sweetness of apples, the crunch of mixed veggies, crunchy pecans, and homemade honey-lemon mustard dressing. This recipe offers simple, accessible ingredients It’s easy to find at most grocery stores, so you can make this salad anytime, year-round! Share it with your family and friends and bring it with you Picnics, potluck parties and barbecues.
The ingredients you need
Green Apple and Blue Cheese Salad is made with fresh ingredients and is as simple as can be. It’s quick to prepare, in under 15 minutes. The salad is made with crisp apples, salty blue cheese, chopped pecans, and fresh mixed vegetables. My favorite apples are sweeter apples with a firmer texture, like Honey Crisp, Gala, or Fuji. The homemade dressing is a combination of freshly squeezed lemon juice, honey, Dijon mustard and olive oil. The recipe is very flexible – Use your favorite ingredients. Add and use your favorite nuts (pecans, walnuts, almonds) or seeds (sunflower or pumpkin), fresh fruit or dried fruit different types of greens such as spinach, rocket, butter lettuce or mixed greens.
Green salad with apples and blue cheese
Green salad with Apples, Blue Cheese, Pecans, Mixed Vegetables and Honey Lemon Dijon Mustard Dressing is a great addition to any menu! Simple enough to make on weekdays – fancy enough to share with family and friends for a special occasion! Just serve it side salador Lunchor add protein (e.g. grilled or boiled steak or chicken) to make it a complete meal.
Ingredients
salad dressing
- ¼ Cup Extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoon Honey
- 1 medium lemon Juice freshly squeezed or more, depending on taste
salad ingredients
- 6 oz mixed green
- 1 big red apple such as Honey Crisp, Fuji or Gala, cored and sliced
- ½ Cup pecans chopped
- ⅓ Cup Blue Cheese crumbles
instructions
Prepare salad dressing
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Mix all the ingredients for the salad dressing in a mason jar. Whisk well with a fork until an emulsification is formed. Or close the lid and shake vigorously. Add more lemon juice to taste.
Assembly
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I prefer to arrange the salad in individual bowls for display purposes.
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Place mixed vegetables in each individual salad bowl. Place the remaining salad ingredients (sliced apples, chopped pecans, and blue cheese) on top of the green salad.
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Drizzle with the salad dressing.
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Alternatively, combine all of the salad ingredients (except pecans and half the crumbled blue cheese) in a large serving bowl, add the dressing and toss to combine. Then top the salad with chopped pecans and the remaining half of the crumbled blue cheese.
Nourishment
Nutritional Information
Green salad with apples and blue cheese
amount per serving
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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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variations
What I like most about this green salad is that it's easy to combine with a variety of ingredients. Use what's available to you and happily trade in your favorite fresh fruit, cheese, nuts, seeds, and assorted vegetables.
- Fresh fruit. The next best substitute for apples is, of course, pears. You can also use peaches, nectarines or apricots.
- Cheese. Blue cheese and gorgonzola cheese can be used interchangeably in this recipe. They have similar flavor profiles. If you want cheese with a milder flavor, use feta or goat cheese instead.
- Green. Use your favorite salad: mixed greens, baby spinach, arugula, or butter lettuce. Or a mix of them.
- Nuts. I love using pecans in salads, but you can also add walnuts, pine nuts, and slivered almonds.
- seed. If you don't like the nut idea, add sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds.
- dried fruit. The sweetness of dried cranberries or craisins pairs perfectly with the green apple and blue cheese salad. You can also use dried figs, blueberries or cherries. You can loosen up the dried fruit by briefly blanching it with hot water.
recommendations
- Use firm, sweet apples, such as Fuji, Gala or Honey Crisp. I didn't peel the apples for presentation purposes.
- Roasted pecans. You can toast the pecans in the preheated oven at 350 F for about 5 to 10 minutes (depending on whether you're toasting pecan halves or crumbled pecans).
- add protein. Green Apple Blue Cheese Salad is great with cooked meats like sliced grilled steak, beef, or chicken.
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