Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad with Cashews and Balsamic Vinaigrette – healthy, delicious, easy-to-make salad! With lots of good for you ingredients, this recipe is packed with fiber, and it’s gluten free! It’s a great salad to make whenever you have spinach and apples, any time of the year. But this salad is definitely a great choice for the holidays, too, especially for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s Eve.

I love using nuts in fresh salads, and cashews are often my favorite choice, as in this Cranberry Spinach Salad with Cashews and Goat Cheese and Lemon-Honey Poppy Seed Dressing or in this Strawberry Spinach Salad, with Blueberries, Mango, Avocado, and Cashew nuts.   Cashews add so much flavor and a nice crunch to any salad.

Tips

• Grind half of cashews into smaller bits, and keep the other half of cashews whole. This adds more texture to the salad and make a pretty presentation.
• Use 1 green apple and 1 red apple, for color. In this recipe I use 1 sliced Granny Smith apple and 1 sliced Gala apple.
• Use store-bought or homemade balsamic dressing.  Creamy balsamic dressing will work as well as balsamic vinaigrette dressing.  Here is a good recipe for homemade balsamic vinaigrette.

How to make apple cranberry spinach salad

Just slice up the apples (one Gala apple and one Granny Smith apple). Then combine with other salad ingredients, such as spinach, cashew nuts, and cranberries. Do not add the salad dressing yet.

Next, add the Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing (the creamy kind) right before serving:

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Apple Cranberry Spinach Cashew Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad with Cashews and Balsamic Vinaigrette - healthy, delicious, gluten free, easy-to-make salad! Great choice for the holidays, too, especially for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's Eve.

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 281 kcal

Author: Julia

Ingredients

• 6 oz baby spinach
• 1 Granny Smith apple sliced
• 1 Gala apple sliced
• 1 cup cashew nuts
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup Balsamic Vinaigrette , store-bought or homemade

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine all salad ingredients, except for the salad dressing.
2. Drizzle the salad with the dressing and toss. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

Apple Cranberry Spinach Cashew Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Amount Per Serving

Calories 281 Calories from Fat 180

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 20g 31%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Sodium 26mg 1%

Potassium 365mg 10%

Total Carbohydrates 24g 8%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 14g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 53.8%

Vitamin C 13%

Calcium 4%

Iron 12.9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.