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Apple Walnut Salad

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This apple walnut salad recipe is a delicious blend of sweet and savory ingredients!

Apple Walnut Salad Recipe with a sugar free apple salad dressing recipe

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.

Ingredients for Apple Walnut Salad Recipe with bacon and a homemade apple dressing

Apple Walnut Salad Recipe

Salad Ingredients:
  • 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
Salad Dressing Ingredients:
  • 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:

  1. In a small jar or cruet, combine all of the salad dressing ingredients and shake well.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the greens, apples, bacon, walnuts, and cheese.
  3. In a small jar (with a tight-fitting lid) combine the oil, apple juice, vinegar, mustard, and pepper.
  4. Shake the dressing well.
  5. Drizzle the dressing over the salad.
  6. Toss thoroughly and serve immediately.

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Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 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
Dressing Ingredients:
  • 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
  1. In a small jar or cruet combine all of the salad dressing ingredients and shake well.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the greens, apples, bacon, walnuts, and cheese.
  3. In a small jar (with a tight-fitting lid) combine the oil, apple juice, vinegar, mustard, and pepper.
  4. Shake the dressing well.
  5. Drizzle the dressing over the salad.
  6. Toss thoroughly and serve immediately.

 

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

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  14. Lynda says

    May 11, 2018 at 10:45 am

    This looks soooo yummy!!! What are examples of “mildy flavored oils” other than walnut? I’m not too terribly familiar with oils. Thank You! 🙂

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Welcome. I'm Alea!

On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.