Chopped Apple and Cranberry Salad
A delicious, easy to make salad for every day or the holidays
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
For the Salad:
- ½ cup quinoa, cooked to package instructions
- 2 cups chopped romaine
- 3 cups butter leaf lettuce, torn
- 1 small granny Smith apple, diced small
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ½ toasted, salted pecan halves
- ½ crumbled feta
The Lemon Viniagrette:
- ⅓ cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- pinch of Maldon's sea salt and a few turns of freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cook quinoa to package instructions. Strain and allow to cool.
While quinoa cooks and cools, make dressing
- Whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, honey until well emulsified. Add a pinch of sea salt and pepper and whisk again, set aside.
After quinoa has cooled assemble salad
- Chop romaine and tear butter leaf, place on a platter or in a bowl. Add diced apples, cranberries, feta, quinoa, and pecans, Dress with lemon vinaigrette and toss. Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper if desired. Serve!