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.
Lynda says
This 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
Most vegetable oils have a mild flavor.
Alea says
I am so glad you enjoyed it Melissa!