Take-out Tuesday, Fall Harvest Salad with Cinnamon Shallot Vinaigrette
This wonderful salad has a little bit of everything
Sweet, savory, crunchy, tangy, plus healthy greens!
Topped with an easy to make Cinnamon Shallot vinaigrette
Mix the vinaigrette ingredients together in a jar
Add the diced shallots and it’s done!
Now all you have to do is place your greens in a bowl
Place the toppings on the greens in sections for a pretty presentation
When you’re ready to eat, add dressing, toss and enjoy!
Note: I like to make the dressing earlier in the day and refrigerate for several hours to blend flavors, then let it sit out for a little while so it’s not icy cold
Variations and substitutions:
substitute or add cooked chicken or sliced turkey, ham for the bacon
substitute white cheddar, gouda, or feta for blue cheese
use pomegranate seeds instead of cranberries
use roasted Pepita seeds instead of sunflower seeds
This salad was adapted from How Sweet Eats
Fall Harvest Salad with Cinnamon Shallot Vinaigrette
Ingredients
Salad
- 6-8 cups mixed salad greens like spinach, kale, and chard
- 1/2 Honeycrisp apple sliced or diced
- 1/2 Granny Smith apple sliced or diced
- 1/2 cup pecans {I used honey glazed}
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds {I used dry roasted}
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries {I used reduced sugar Craisins}
- 2 oz. crumbled bleu cheese {or substitute white cheddar cubed or grated}
- 2-3 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1 cup red grapes cut in half
Cinnamon Shallot Vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 shallot diced
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/3 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Combine vinaigrette ingredients in a jar. Shake to combine. Refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving if desired.
- Place greens in a large bowl or 2 individual bowls. Arrange ingredients on top. When ready to serve add dressing and toss.
Enjoy!
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This will be on our table tonight! Thank you for sharing.
Oh good Ann! Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!
We love and eat a lot of salads. This salad is really pretty too and that’s important for me. The dressing sounds so good and perfect for fall. I can’t wait to prepare this. Love this Jenna…..
Thank you Emily, I hope you enjoy it, I ate it 2 nights in a row 🙂
It looks positively yummy!
Yes, very yummy!
Super interesting with the cinnamon in the salad dressing. I’ll have to try that. I love salads with nuts and crunch and if it has blue cheese, I’m there!
I love a salad loaded with goodies don’t you? Thanks Jeanie 🙂
Looks delicious! The cinnamon in the dressing is new to me and it will be fun to try!
I was skeptical at first but I actually love it and will be a staple in my fridge 🙂
Jenna, you always prepare the most beautiful salads. This one with the apples and nuts is perfect for fall. Cinnamon in the vinaigrette is a new twist, it must be good! Have a wonderful Tuesday!
thank you Pam! I don’t love cinnamon, but balanced with the savory shallots it adds a nice tang!
This really is a little salad bar on the plate!
ha, yes it is!
Yum! 😋
Yes!
That dressing sounds fabulous, we do a salad bar setup for Thanksgiving and this will be a perfect dressing!
I really love this dressing, the cinnamon shallot combo is wonderful, thanks!
Love how colorful this salad is! 🍏🍎 Adding two different colors of apples is brilliant! ❤️ The dressing sounds super delish too!
I ate this 2 nights in a row!
Sounds like a great dressing:@)
yes!
Jenna, this looks and sounds so good! The dressing sounds yummy! Thanks for the recipe… I can’t wait to try this. It will be perfect for an autumn lunch outdoors!!!
I really love this dressing even though I’m not much of a cinnamon lover, the shallots balance it out nicely. Thanks Shannon 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too!
I love harvest salads! Thanks for sharing at TFT!
this is a yummy one, thanks Amber!
We featured your awesome post at Full Plate Thursday,454! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us and hope you will come back soon!
Miz Helen
thank you Miz Helen!