I love this delicious Autumn Salad to serve with a lovely fall dinner!
This simple autumn salad recipe has just five main ingredients, and it’s all tossed in a lightly sweetened vinaigrette.
Ingredients needed:
- extra virgin olive oil
- apple cider vinegar
- shallots
- freshly squeezed lemon juice
- maple syrup
- salt and pepper
- red and green leaf lettuce
- Red Delicious apples
- crumbled blue cheese
- toasted pecans (I’ve also used toasted cashews instead of pecans for equally great results.)
How to toast pecans:
Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the pecans, and toss them every once in a while until they are fragrant and toasted. Remove them from a pan to a cutting board or a paper towel to cool.
How to make Autumn Salad:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
Put all dressing ingredients into shaker and refrigerate. Place lettuce on 8 salad plates. Cut apples into thin wedges and place them on the lettuce. Sprinkle pecans and blue cheese evenly over each salad. Drizzle chilled dressing over the salads.
If you prefer, you can toss the salad ingredients in a large bowl and then dish out individual salads. It “looks” prettier when you can fan out the apples on each salad. Enjoy!
The Best Fall Salad Recipes:
- Autumn Apple and Spinach Salad
- Pear, Walnut and Blue Cheese Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette
- Apple- Walnut Quinoa Salad
- Kale Salad with Butternut Squash
- Asparagus Apple Salad with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.
Autumn Salad
Love this quick and easy recipe that makes a delicious salad with apples, blue cheese and pecans.
Recipe Details
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 222kcal
Ingredients
DRESSING:
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
SALAD:
- 1 bunch red leaf lettuce, chopped
- 1 bunch green leaf lettuce, chopped
- 2 medium red delicious apples, skin on
- ¾ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ¾ cup toasted pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Put all dressing ingredients into shaker and refrigerate.
- Place lettuce on 8 salad plates. Cut apples into thin wedges and place them on the lettuce. Sprinkle pecans and blue cheese evenly over each salad.
- Drizzle chilled dressing over the salads.
Notes
- If you prefer, you can toss the salad ingredients in a large bowl and then dish out individual salads. It "looks" prettier when you can fan out the apples on each salad.
- I've use toasted cashews instead of pecans for equally great results.
- WW Points were calculated using reduced fat blue cheese.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 222kcal, Carbohydrates: 13g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 9mg, Sodium: 242mg, Potassium: 311mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 6354IU, Vitamin C: 10mg, Calcium: 111mg, Iron: 1mg
