How To Make Apple Pecan Feta Spinach Salad
This spinach salad is a great year-round salad. Fresh spinach, feta, pecans, apples, and bacon are tossed together with maple cider vinaigrette.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 10ozbaby spinach
- 33small gala apples,(or 2 medium), cored and thinly sliced
- 1cuppecans,toasted
- 4ozfeta cheese,crumbled
- ½cupdried cranberries
- 12ozbacon,cooked and crumbled, optional
- ½small red onion,sliced into thin strips, optional
Maple-Cider Vinaigrette:
- ½cupolive oil
- ¼cupapple cider vinegar
- 2tbsppure maple syrup
- 2tspdijon mustard
- ¼tspsalt
- ¼tspfreshly ground black pepper
Instructions
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If using red onion, place slices in a colander and run under warm water for about 10 seconds, tossing once, to remove harsh bite. Drain well.
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In a large salad bowl toss together spinach, apples, pecans, feta, cranberries and optional bacon and red onion.
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Drizzle desired amount of dressing over salad and toss to evenly coat. Serve immediately after adding dressing.
Dressing:
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Add all ingredients to a medium mason jar. Cover with lid and shake to blend well (or alternately just blend well in a bowl with a whisk).
Nutrition
- Calories: 957.12kcal
- Fat: 49.57g
- Saturated Fat: 11.93g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 26.31g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.05g
- Carbohydrates: 117.61g
- Fiber: 19.93g
- Sugar: 87.98g
- Protein: 12.87g
- Cholesterol: 46.49mg
- Sodium: 610.40mg
- Calcium: 194.01mg
- Potassium: 1222.14mg
- Iron: 2.85mg
- Vitamin A: 223.46µg
- Vitamin C: 11.93mg
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