I love this delicious Autumn Salad to serve with a lovely fall dinner!
This simple autumn salad recipe has just five main ingredients, and it’s all tossed in a lightly sweetened vinaigrette.
Ingredients needed:
- extra virgin olive oil
- apple cider vinegar
- shallots
- freshly squeezed lemon juice
- maple syrup
- salt and pepper
- red and green leaf lettuce
- Red Delicious apples
- crumbled blue cheese
- toasted pecans (I’ve also used toasted cashews instead of pecans for equally great results.)
How to toast pecans:
Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the pecans, and toss them every once in a while until they are fragrant and toasted. Remove them from a pan to a cutting board or a paper towel to cool.
How to make Autumn Salad:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
If you prefer, you can toss the salad ingredients in a large bowl and then dish out individual salads. It “looks” prettier when you can fan out the apples on each salad. Enjoy!
The Best Fall Salad Recipes:
- Autumn Apple and Spinach Salad
- Pear, Walnut and Blue Cheese Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette
- Apple- Walnut Quinoa Salad
- Kale Salad with Butternut Squash
- Asparagus Apple Salad with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.
Autumn Salad
Ingredients
DRESSING:
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
SALAD:
- 1 bunch red leaf lettuce, chopped
- 1 bunch green leaf lettuce, chopped
- 2 medium red delicious apples, skin on
- ¾ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ¾ cup toasted pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Put all dressing ingredients into shaker and refrigerate.
- Place lettuce on 8 salad plates. Cut apples into thin wedges and place them on the lettuce. Sprinkle pecans and blue cheese evenly over each salad.
- Drizzle chilled dressing over the salads.
Notes
- If you prefer, you can toss the salad ingredients in a large bowl and then dish out individual salads. It "looks" prettier when you can fan out the apples on each salad.
- I've use toasted cashews instead of pecans for equally great results.
- WW Points were calculated using reduced fat blue cheese.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
