A holiday salad with sweet, savory and tart flavors.
Course Salad
Ingredients
111 oz. box spring mix salad greens
3-4ozcrumbled bleu cheese
1packagecandied pecans or other nuts
1/2-2/3cupsugared cranberries
3TBSlight olive oil
3TBSwhite wine vinegar or orange vinegar
1/2tspdijon mustard
2tsporange sugar syrup or honey
1TBSfinely minced shallots
pinchsalt
pinch pepper
Instructions
Put the salad mix in a large bowl.
In a mason jar with a lid make the salad dressing by adding the oil, vinegar, mustard, cranberry orange syrup, shallots, salt and pepper. Shake to incorporate.
Toss the salad with the salad dressing and add the bleu cheese. Put the salad on a large platter.
Sprinkle the salad with the pecans and sugared cranberries.