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This Apple Cranberry Walnut Green Chopped Salad recipe is a super easy dish to make that the whole family would love for Thanksgiving dinner or any family dinner! You will impress your guests and everyone will want the recipe – little do they know how easy it is to throw together.
The secret is in the dressing – and it’s so incredibly easy to make. Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad has quickly become one of my go-to recipes to make this fall. Bring one of them to your next get-together or add them as a side dish for your next meal!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our apple cranberry walnut green chopped salad, you need the following ingredients:
- Romaine lettuce (chopped)
- Apples (or pears)
- Dried cranberries
- Chopped walnuts (or pecans/almonds)
- Bacon (crisp and crumbled)
- Feta cheese (crumbled)
- Poppyseed salad dressing
- Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How To Make Apple Cranberry Walnut Green Chopped Salad:
- In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, apples, cranberries, walnuts, bacon, and feta cheese.
- In a smaller bowl, combine poppy seed dressing with balsamic vinaigrette. Drizzle over salad right before serving. If you prefer your salad to have more dressing, feel free to experiment with the combination.
Recipe Notes
- Lightly toast your walnut, pecans, or almonds by spreading them in a thin layer on a baking sheet and baking them for around 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Soak your chopped apples in a lemon/water bath for a few minutes before adding them to the salad to keep them from turning brown.
- Make your own dried cranberries! While dried cranberries are easy enough to get at the store, they are also simple to make on your own! Try out this recipe for sugar free dried cranberries.
- If you are not going to be eating it all in one sitting, only put dressing on what you will be eating or it will get all soggy.
- For this recipe, any type of apple will work. I love gala, honeycrisp, pink lady, and granny smith apples. Pears also work great as well!
- Nutrition facts will vary based on how much dressing you use per serving and what brand of dressing you use.
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Apple Cranberry Walnut Chopped Salad Recipe
Enjoy our apple cranberry walnut chopped green salad that is full of flavor and with a secret dressing that’s so easy to make.
Serving servings
Ingredients
- 8 cup chopped romaine lettuce
- 2 apples, (pears also work great)
- 1 cup dried cranberries, (Craisins)
- 1 cup chopped walnuts, (pecans or almonds are also a great substitution)
- 8 slices bacon, (crisp-cooked and crumbled)
- 5 ounces feta cheese, (crumbled)
- ¾ cup poppyseed salad dressing, (we used Brianna's brand)
- ¼ cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing, (make sure that you use vinaigrette dressing and not balsamic vinegar)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, apples, cranberries, walnuts, bacon, and feta cheese.
- In a smaller bowl, combine poppy seed dressing with balsamic vinaigrette. Drizzle over salad right before serving. If you prefer your salad to have more dressing, feel free to experiment with the combination.
Notes
- Lightly toast your walnut, pecans, or almonds by spreading them in a thin layer on a baking sheet and baking them for around 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Soak your chopped apples in a lemon/water bath for a few minutes before adding them to the salad to keep them from turning brown.
- Make your own dried cranberries! While dried cranberries are easy enough to get at the store, they are also simple to make on your own!
- If you are not going to be eating it all in one sitting, only put dressing on what you will be eating or it will get all soggy.
- For this recipe, any type of apple will work. I love gala, honey crisp, pink lady, and granny smith apples. Pears also work great as well!
- Nutrition facts will vary based on how much dressing you use per serving and what brand of dressing you use.
Nutrition
Calories: 474 kcal · Carbohydrates: 26 g · Protein: 8 g · Fat: 40 g · Saturated Fat: 7 g · Cholesterol: 25 mg · Sodium: 537 mg · Potassium: 319 mg · Fiber: 5 g · Sugar: 17 g · Vitamin A: 4201 IU · Vitamin C: 4 mg · Calcium: 147 mg · Iron: 2 mg
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I love your recipes! Plan to make this but quick ?- husband can’t have poppyseeds (diverticulosis) so what other dressing could I mix w/ the balsamic Vinagrette to get a taste as good?
Hi! I can’t find that brand of balsamic vinegarette dressing. What other brand is good?
Really any brand will be just fine. They are all similar.
Such a good salad; great ingredients and dressing.