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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!

9 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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  4. Tried this and it delicious. I cut my batch down along with calories and used reduced sugar cranberries, lite poppy seed and instead of balsamic used honey mustard yogurt dressing. Used less pecans but is was so good - will definitely make it again. Thanks

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  5. What brand of poppy seed dressing do you use? The last one I bought tasted like sweet Mayo, yuck!! This salad looks amazing!

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  6. Hey Melissa! I use Newmans Own Poppy Seed Dressing! Hope that helps! And yes, this recipe is beyond fantastic! It's my most popular recipe at of 59k hits!

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  7. Looks amazing I'm making this for thanksgiving

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    1. You will LOVE it Shirley! It's my most popular recipe!

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