Apple Arugula Goat Cheese Salad
I eat a salad almost every day. Most of the time I just use whatever I have. I try to keep some stuff in the fridge. When I do my weekly shopping I make sure to pick up a few things to build a salad. Spring mix, spinach or arugula are my go to. I also try to keep staples around like olives, nuts, raisins or cranberries, and cheese, even if it’s just parmesan or grated cheddar in the freezer. Other things good to have in the pantry like cans of artichokes, hearts of palm, giant lima beans or black beans. For this salad, I happened to have some individual 100 cal. trail mix with cranberries. I just added it to the apple and goat cheese and voila! A quick shake of lemon honey Dijon vinaigrette plus a drizzle of really good Italian balsamic and better than a Ladies’ luncheon! You can always add some chicken salad if you really want to get fancy lady lunchie.
Apple Arugula Goat Cheese Salad
Ingredients
- 2 ounces fresh rocket aka arugula
- 1/2 chopped, crisp apple
- 1 oz goat cheese, crumbled
- .5 oz chopped nuts, walnuts, pecans, or almonds
- .5 oz dried cranberries
Dressing
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp good olive oil
- 1/4 tsp honey
- 1/4 tsp dijon or brown mustard
- enough salt and pepper to mix throughout the salad
Instructions
- Load everything in the salad but the goat cheese in a large bowl.
- Mix dressing ingredients in a small salad dressing container and shake to emulsify. I use portable dressing containers because it is just the right amount and I need them sometimes to take my own garlic free dressing to restaurants.
- Toss the salad in dressing and top with cheese.
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