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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 5
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 276.9
  • Total Fat: 19.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 15.1 mg
  • Sodium: 690.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 23.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
  • Protein: 5.4 g

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Shake and Serve Apple Walnut Salad w/Balsamic Vinigrette

Submitted by: NOBADDAYS

Introduction

This is my favorite salad. It's great as a main meal or served with BBQ chicken. This is my favorite salad. It's great as a main meal or served with BBQ chicken.
Number of Servings: 5

Ingredients

    1 bag of Dole Romaine salad - 7.5 cups total
    1 large granny smith apple
    1/2 cup craisins
    1/2 cup walnuts
    3 oz. Feta Cheese


    Vinegrette:



    1 TBS balsamic vinegar
    1 clove of garlic - minced
    1 tsp dijon musard
    2 -3 TBS extra virin olive oil
    1/2 - 1 tsp salt
    fresh ground black pepper to test


Directions

Assemble the salad:

In a gallon sized ziplock bag or medium bowl, add the romaine salad, a chopped granny smith apple, craisins, walnuts and feta cheese.

Make the vinegrette:

In a small bowl, add the balsamic vinegar, garlic clove, dijon mustard, stir, slowly mix in the olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.

I just add the dressing to the bag and shake, then serve.

Note: fresh strawberries also go nicely in this salad.


Number of Servings: 5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NOBADDAYS.






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  • Can wait to try it! sound good - 11/30/11

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  • Excellent so flavorful and east to make! - 10/22/10

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  • Had for dinner tonight. It is easy to make and tastes great, a very good way to use surplus apples. - 10/18/10

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  • Love this receipe! I love apples in my salad and balsamic is my favorite! - 10/6/10

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  • This was great! I'm just not sure what the serving size is? - 8/27/10

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  • Yummy! next time I am giong to increase the mustard for a little more bite! - 11/15/07

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  • I made this yesterday and it was delicious! I forgot the craisins, but I am making it again today wit them in. I don't usually like salad, but this one is great. - 9/3/07

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  • Soooo good. I took it to work for my lunch and my boss inquired as to what was in it! - 6/28/07

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  • I have made this the last 2 weeks, it is my new favorite! - 6/28/07

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  • This was excellent! I made it for a few of my friends for dinner, and they loved it! I substituted shredded parm for the feta and left out the craisins (by accident) and it was still very good. I think this is one salad I may continue to make! - 6/6/07

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  • Oh my! Soooo yummy! This is now our favorite salad! And perfectly healthy, too! I used "spring mix" greens and it was terrific! - 5/30/07

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