This apple walnut salad recipe is a delicious blend of sweet and savory ingredients!
I made my family an Apple Walnut Salad for lunch, which is loosely based on a salad I had at a tea house in Virginia many years ago.
This should fall under the category of Impromptu Leftovers, but it is so delicious that I will make it on purpose in the future. I had a bit of cooked bacon and Parmesan cheese leftover from meals I made last week. I also over-bought lettuce and apples when I went shopping and needed to use them up. So I used these ingredients as the foundation for my salad.
Instead of coating the salad with a vinaigrette, I replaced all of the sugar and some of the vinegar with juice to make a (refined) sugar-free dressing. Since I was using apples in the salad, I used apple juice in the dressing.
Apple Walnut Salad Recipe
- 6 – 8 cups salad greens
- 2 large apples, cored and cut into bite-size pieces
- 4 pieces of cooked bacon, crumbled
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup walnut oil (or other mildly flavored oil)
- ¼ cup apple juice
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar ( or your favorite vinegar)
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard (or ½ t. dry mustard)
- ¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
Directions:
- In a small jar or cruet, combine all of the salad dressing ingredients and shake well.
- In a large bowl, combine the greens, apples, bacon, walnuts, and cheese.
- In a small jar (with a tight-fitting lid) combine the oil, apple juice, vinegar, mustard, and pepper.
- Shake the dressing well.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad.
- Toss thoroughly and serve immediately.
Printable Recipe for Apple Walnut Salad
- 6 cups salad greens
- 2 large apples, cored and cut into bite-size pieces
- 4 pieces of cooked bacon, crumbled
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup walnut oil (or other mildly flavored oil)
- ¼ cup apple juice
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar ( or your favorite vinegar)
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard (or ½ t. dry mustard)
- ¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- In a small jar or cruet combine all of the salad dressing ingredients and shake well.
- In a large bowl, combine the greens, apples, bacon, walnuts, and cheese.
- In a small jar (with a tight-fitting lid) combine the oil, apple juice, vinegar, mustard, and pepper.
- Shake the dressing well.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad.
- Toss thoroughly and serve immediately.
Joy @ Joy Of Desserts says
May 4, 2010 at 9:11 amGreat "Impromtu Leftovers." Looks like a tasty salad.
shopannies says
May 4, 2010 at 12:51 pmlooks very impressive I love the apple juice idea
Rebecca says
May 4, 2010 at 3:35 pmjust added this recipe to my weekend menu plan for my parents' visit!
Grace says
May 4, 2010 at 5:29 pmI love fun salads! This looks wonderful.
Traci Michele says
May 4, 2010 at 7:35 pmLooks Yummo! Thanks….
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perennialgardener says
May 4, 2010 at 9:26 pmYum, that makes me hungry just looking at the picture. 🙂
NancyCreative says
May 5, 2010 at 1:54 amThis sounds really good–thanks for sharing!
Ellen says
May 5, 2010 at 7:22 amSounds yummy! Thanks for sharing.
The Book Lady Online says
May 5, 2010 at 11:30 amOh my gosh – that looks so delicious! Mind if I copy you once again? 🙂
Melissa says
May 5, 2010 at 4:05 pmSounds delicious! Bacon and apples together? Yum!
Struggler says
May 9, 2010 at 12:00 amAwesome. Apples and bacon are clearly a match made in heaven.
Melissa says
May 12, 2010 at 3:24 amI made this for dinner tonight. Came out great. Adding it to my salad list. Thanks!!!
Alea says
May 12, 2010 at 6:09 amI am so glad you enjoyed it Melissa!
Lynda says
May 11, 2018 at 10:45 amThis looks soooo yummy!!! What are examples of “mildy flavored oils” other than walnut? I’m not too terribly familiar with oils. Thank You! 🙂
Alea Milham says
May 12, 2018 at 4:28 pmMost vegetable oils have a mild flavor.