Apple cranberry pecan salad
The holidays are just around the corner and with that comes family gatherings. I try to balance what we eat around this time, we all know how carried away we can get. This apple cranberry pecan salad is something that I will be serving for sure in Thanksgiving. Refreshing, healthy and delicious!
I love having a mixture of dishes for Thanksgiving. I always have some sort of salad, veggies and greens with a combination of other first course dishes. I wanted to make this apple cranberry pecan salad ahead of time and see if my family would like it. Since apples are in season I wanted to use them and make something more creative.
This Apple cranberry pecan salad was a hit so I am glad I was able to make something new that I could add to my menu for that day.
I also added some cranberries and pecans since they are indicative of this holiday. The crunch of the apples complimented the other ingredients very well and the salad dressing really made it stand out. Super refreshing, easy and delicious.
I used Truvia Nectar to sweetened the salad dressing. Truvia nectar is a great ingredient to use in salad dressings whenever you need to sweetened it. For my diabetic readers and those not wanting to have much sugar in their diet this is the perfect ingredient to use. It is also great to use to sweetened drinks like smoothies, use in your coffee, for baking and even cooking. The sky is the limit.
If you are thinking of making something easy, light and new this coming season I think you will love this apple cranberry pecan salad. It was a hit in my house and it will be a recipe that I will keep making time and time again for sure.
Enjoy!
PrintApple cranberry pecan salad
Miryam's original recipe
Yield: 6 servings
Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4-5 apples, cut into thin strips
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 4 oz feta cheese, crumbled
- 7 oz fresh arugula
- 1 lemon, juice
Dressing
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- 3 tbs rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 tbsp Truvia nectar (or 1/3 cup maple syrup)
Directions:
In a medium mixing bowl add the dressing ingredients and mix through. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl add the apples cut into strips and add the lemon. Toss to coat to make sure they don't oxidize and become brown. Add the pecans, dried cranberries, and feta cheese. Combine. To serve the salad, place arugula at the bottom of serving plates. Divide the apple mixture between the serving plates followed by the dressing.
Serve immediately.
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Hey, friend. I love this dressing. I can’t wait to make it because I bet this tastes delicious with the apple and cranberry. Perfect for Thanksgiving dinner ;-)
It’s so easy to get carried away with eating way to much junk at the holidays. But this salad, this is the kind of thing I crave all throughout the holidays! Gorgeous!
My kinda salad….arugula, feta, fruit. YUM!
This salad is full of stuff that I love! I cannot wait to try it!
I love the combination of flavors in this salad! Such a pretty dish!
This harvest salad looks amazing! I love all of the flavors here!
This is one gorgeous salad!
It’s so easy to get carried away with eating way to much junk at the holidays. But this salad, this is the kind of thing I crave all throughout the holidays! Gorgeous!