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Harvest Fruit and Goat Cheese Salad

Name: Harvest Fruit and Goat Cheese Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup pure apple cider; â cup apple cider vinegar; â cup canola oil; 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar, packed; Â½ teaspoon salt; Â½ teaspoon ground black pepper; Â½ teaspoon Dijon mustard; Â½ cup shallots, finely chopped; 3 cups any favorite combination of mixed greens, hearts of romaine and spinach; 1 small green apple, cored and very thinly sliced; 1 small red apple, cored and very thinly sliced; 1 small red or green pear, cored and very thinly sliced; 5 ouncesÂ dried cranberries; 1 cup red onion, thinly sliced; 1Â Â½ cups toasted walnuts; Â½ cup (4-6 ounces)Â goat cheese, crumbled

This fresh salad is bursting with fall flavors from apples, pears, goat cheese and walnuts.

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Makes: 8 servings
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Recipe Created By: Kim Galeaz
Featured In: My Indiana Home

Ingredients

Apple Cider Vinaigrette

1 cup pure apple cider
⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
⅓ cup canola oil
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar, packed
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ cup shallots, finely chopped

Salad

3 cups any favorite combination of mixed greens, hearts of romaine and spinach
1 small green apple, cored and very thinly sliced
1 small red apple, cored and very thinly sliced
1 small red or green pear, cored and very thinly sliced
5 ounces dried cranberries
1 cup red onion, thinly sliced
1 ½ cups toasted walnuts
½ cup (4-6 ounces) goat cheese, crumbled

Instructions

For the dressing; in a medium bowl, whisk vinaigrette ingredients until thoroughly blended. Refrigerate until serving time.
For the salad; in a large bowl, toss mixed greens with apples, pear, cranberries and red onion. Sprinkle with walnuts and crumbled goat cheese right before serving.
Toss with apple cider vinaigrette.

Tips & Notes

This recipe makes 2 cups of the Apple Cider Vinaigrette, so you’ll have some leftover. Store it in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

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hazel says:

On November 29, 2010 at 11:37 am

what does 6 Tablespoons cup flour and 2 tablespoons cup heavy cream mean.is it tablespoons or cup.thanks.

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Jessy Yancey says:

On November 30, 2010 at 2:02 pm

Oops! The recipe should be tablespoons, not cups. Sorry for the confusion!

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lottye huff says:

On January 3, 2011 at 5:26 pm

Need more detailed instructions- pan size etc.
Thanks

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Rachel Bertone says:

On October 19, 2012 at 8:28 am

Linked up at Foodie Friday and Foodie Friends Friday

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Cynthia L. says:

On October 19, 2012 at 11:01 am

This dish is so yummy sounding and your photo is beautiful! I will be pinning this and I know I will use it after Thanksgiving!

Thank you for linking up to Foodie Friends Friday. I hope you bring another wonderful recipe next week!

Cynthia at http://feedingbig.blogspot.com/

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Diane Balch says:

On October 19, 2012 at 7:53 pm

What a hearty satisfying looking meal. Thanks for sharing it on foodie friday.

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Diane Balch says:

On November 19, 2012 at 6:10 am

Just wanted to let you know that your recipe has been included in a turkey roundup today. I will be pinning and tweeting it too. Happy Thanksgiving.

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