Recipe: Appetizing My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette

My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette.

To cook My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette you need 15 ingredients and just 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients

1. It's of Salad Ingredients :.
2. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of romaine lettuce (or lettuce of choice).
3. You need 1/2 cup of thinly sliced red cabbage.
4. Prepare 1 of small carrot, peeled and shredded.
5. You need 1 of grilled chicken breast, sliced.
6. It's 1/2 cup of roasted butternut squash (or roasted sweet potato).
7. It's 1 tbsp. of dried cranberries.
8. It's 1 tbsp. of pumpkin seeds.
9. You need 2 tbsp. of roughly chopped pecans (or walnuts).
10. It's of Maple Dijon Vinaigrette Ingredients :.
11. You need 2 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil.
12. It's 1 tbsp. of apple cider vinegar.
13. Prepare 2 tsp. of - 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup (depending how sweet you want).
14. It's 1 1/2 tsp. of dijon mustard.
15. It's to taste of salt and pepper.

My Favorite Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette method

1. Toss the chopped romaine, sliced red cabbage and shredded carrots all together..
2. Top with the roasted squash, chicken, cranberries, pumpkin seeds and nuts..
3. For the dressing, simply whisk together everything in a small bowl or place in a small jar with a tight fitting lid and shake. Start with just the 2 tsp of maple syrup and increase to make the dressing sweeter, if you'd like..
4. Top your salad with desired amount of dressing and enjoy!.