The Spicy Olive’s Harvest Salad
Here is a great fall salad, full of the delicious flavors of an autumn harvest. This salad is easy to change up depending on what’s in your refrigerator. A delicious addition would be any leftover squash from our The Spicy Olive’s Roasted Butternut Squash!
A number of balsamic vinegar and olive oil combinations would work here; our Maple balsamic vinegar with a mild extra virgin, single varietal olive oil, our Black Mission Fig or Cranberry Pear balsamic with Blood Orange olive oil would be my favorites on this salad!
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 fresh apple cubed
- 1 fresh Pear sliced
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seed kernels toasted
- 1/4 cup pecan peices toasted
- 1/4 cup Blue Cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup red onion thinly sliced
- 1 package baby arugula or fresh mixed greens
- 1/4 cup The Spicy Olive's Cranberry Pear white balsamic vinegar Maple balsamic would also be delicious
- 1/4 cup The Spicy Olive's extra virgin olive oil mild, single varietal like Hojiblanca or Arbosano
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Instructions
- Place pecan pieces and pumpkin seed kernels in a dry saute pan over medium heat and saute until lightly toasted. Watch closely as nuts burn quickly. Remove from heat when toasted and fragrant.
- Place greens in a salad bowl. Top with apples and/or pears, pecans and pumpkin kernels, sliced onion, blue cheese crumbles and if desired roasted butternut squash cubes.
- Whisk together The Spicy Olive's Cranberry Pear white balsamic vinegar and olive oil until completely incorporated and slightly thickened.
- Pour balsamic vinaigrette over salad. Toss to evenly coat. Serve and enjoy!