Wednesday, May 30, 2012

7 Gluten Free Apple Pecan Salad


Hi everyone! I hope you all had a safe Memorial Day! This Memorial Day, my friends and I joined together for a potluck dinner. I decided to bring this simple, easy-to-make raw salad that's super colorful and delicious. It combines the sweetness of apples and dried cranberries with the nuttiness of pecans and tangy flavor of Gorgonzola. This salad stores great as a lunch you can take to work or school. You can even precut the apples and sprinkle them with a little lemon juice to prevent browning.

Prep Time: 5-10 minutes
Serves: 5 people

Ingredients
4 oz clean mixed salad greens
1 fuji apple
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup pecans
1/4 cup Gorgonzola cheese
1 small red onion (optional)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp onion powder
salt and pepper

Steps
Place the greens in a large bowl. Core and cube the apple, and add to the greens with the cranberries, pecans, and cheese. If you like red onion in your salad, finely slice some red onion as garnish.

In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, oil, garlic, powder, salt, and pepper. Lightly dress the salad, and enjoy!

7 comments:

  1. Great information. Lucky me I ran across your website by
    chance (stumbleupon). I have saved as a favorite for later!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thank you so much! I'm glad that you enjoy it! Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Yup! Super tasty and easy to make!

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love any kinds of salad that does a combo of nuts, cheese and dried fruit - this sounds great!

    ReplyDelete
  5. You may have noticed that everything on the list of autoimmune diseases,
    certain cancers, as well as soy milk. Spearmint: Popular herb used
    in baking. Benefits of the paleo dietPromoters of the paleo
    diet is adopted for the long term as a lifestyle.
    It is not my wish but the good intentions that I have
    far more fun sourcing good food since going Paleo.
    If you have type 2 diabetes.

    my web site - loren cordain paleo diet

    ReplyDelete