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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Autumn Chopped Salad

I love salads.  I downloaded an app on my ipad for 2001 recipes on just salads alone because I love different varieties of salads!  I found this particular recipe on Madison Mayberry's blog and it looked good so I tried it!  This salad recipe is BIG so feel free to cut it if you are just serving yourself.  This recipe serves a total of 4 to 6 servings. It goes great as a side salad for a steak dinner or even a pasta dinner.  This one is Gluten Free.  I think chopped chicken may be tasty on this one...I'll have to try that one next time!  Enjoy!

Ingredients:
6 to 8 cups of Chopped Romaine Lettuce
2 medium pears, chopped
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup chopped pecans
8 slices thick-cut bacon (I used turkey bacon) crisp and crumbled
4 to 6 oz feta cheese, crumbled
Poppy Seed Dressing
Balsamic Vinaigrette (I like Newman's Own Light Balsamic Vinaigrette)

Directions:

On a large platter, combine lettuce, pears, cranberries, pecans, bacon and feta cheese.  Drizzle generously with poppy seed dressing, followed by some of the balsamic vinaigrette. (I would estimate that I used about a cup of dressing...70% poppy seed dressing and 30 percent balsamic vinaigrette).  Toss and serve immediately!

4 comments:

  1. This salad is amazing :) This will be like the 5th time I've made it. YUM!

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  2. Oh my goodness, what a delicious salad. And I left out the bacon because I'm vegetarian. Still delicious!

    Thanks.

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  3. I think it would be healthier to do 70% Balsamic and 30% Poppy seed

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