This Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad includes so many flavor-packed ingredients I can’t fit them all into the recipe title. Let’s try it and see. Mixed Green Spinach Salad with Green Apples, Dried Cranberries, Walnuts and Gorgonzola Cheese. Hmmmm. While extremely accurate, it is extremely long.
Suffice it to say, your salad bowl will be filled with flavor when you make this salad. It combines the sweetness of the green apples and cranberries with the saltiness of the gorgonzola while the walnuts add a bit of crunch. Yum!
To dress this salad, I made my Apple Cider Vinaigrette. I rarely buy bottles of salad dressing anymore because it is so easy to make my own, especially vinaigrette. This one starts with olive oil and adds apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, garlic powder, dried oregano, black pepper and basil. Easy!
- 1 bag 50% blend mixed greens and spinach, washed
- 2 green apples, sliced
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries
- ½ cup gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
- ½ cup walnut pieces
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- In a large bowl, toss together all the salad ingredients.
- In a small bowl, whisk together all the vinaigrette ingredients. Drizzle vinaigrette over the salad and toss. Serve immediately.
