Apple Salad
Welcome, Everyone, to the Blog today. I’m so happy you decided to visit. Summer is a special time for fresh salads and I’m always on the lookout for something colorful and tasty. This lovely, fresh apple salad certainly fits that description. It’s an easy mix of ingredients and I had everything on hand. Yay!
These are the ingredients I used but you can substitute depending on what you have available. I started with four small delicious apples. It’s probably better to use a crisper apple and many are available but I had these on hand. A couple of small bunches of grapes and two celery stalks and some spinach and arugula mix were added to the apples. You also need half a lemon, dried raisins or cranberries, pecans or walnuts and blue cheese or feta cheese. I used blue cheese for this salad.
Slice the celery into bite-sized pieces and do the same with the apples. Toss the apples in lemon juice from your 1/2 lemon. this will keep the apple from browning. Halve the grapes and combine in a salad bowl.
Add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of raisins. Chop a handful of pecans and add that to the salad.
Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of cheese crumbles and mix together. Then add your arugula and spinach mix to the salad and toss. The salad looks so colorful and pretty in the bowl.
I added a blue cheese dressing to the salad but you could certainly go with something lighter. The salad was served with salmon with salsa and rice. It was quite a nice combination. This easy salad is fresh and delicious. Hope you give it a try.
Looks very tasty and refreshing on a hot Summer day!
Thanks, it is delicious and fresh tasting. Hope you give it a try. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely week.
Lynne
Your salad ingredients are on my grocery list. Thank you for the inspiration.
My pleasure, Karen, it’s easy and delicious. Hope you enjoy it. Have a great week.
Lynne
That sounds yummy!
It’s a great tasting salad for summer and fall. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely week, Joanne.
Lynne
I haven’t ever made apple salad with any kind of greens (besides the celery). I love that idea! I cannot find delicious (did you mean red delicious) apples here in Central Indiana. They are my absolute favorite kind of apples. I may make this this weekend! Thanks, Lynne!
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I did use red delicious apples, Marsha, but you could use galas or honey crisps or any similar apples that you like. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week.
Lynne
Such a fun and interesting combination! Thanks for sharing this post with us at the Will Blog for Comments #43 linkup. We hope to see you at #44, too. Have a great week!
Thanks, Jennifer, this is a great tasting salad and looks wonderful on the table. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week.
Lynne
Lynne, this sounds like the perfect summer salad! I’m sure it was refreshing. I love the fruit added with the chopped pecans. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at The Crazy Little Lovebirds link party #47.
This looks so delicious! I’ll be featuring this post at Thursday Favorite Things today. 🙂
Thanks,Pam, always a pleasure to visit your Blog. Hope you are enjoying your Summer and staying cool. Have a lovely week.
Lynne