This classic apple spinach salad is easy to make with fresh ingredients, tossed with a quick apple cider vinaigrette, and easy to customize with your favorite add-ins.

Apple Spinach Salad

baby spinach

apples,

half of a small red onion, thinly sliced

walnuts,

cranberries

goat cheese

extra virgin olive oil

apple cider vinegar

honey

Dijon mustard

garlic clove,

salt and black pepper

Make the vinaigrette

Combine all of the vinaigrette ingredients together in a bowl and whisk vigorously (or shake them together in a mason jar) to combine.

Toss the salad

Add spinach, apples, red onion, walnuts, dried cranberries, and half of the goat cheese to a large bowl.  Drizzle with the vinaigrette, and toss to combine.

Serve

Serve immediately, garnished with the remaining goat cheese, and enjoy!

Before we left for a camping trip, I made the dressing using apple cider vinegar and added the optional maple syrup. Brought the dressing and other salad ingredients and prepared for an evening meal. Used Asiago cheese since that’s what I had and toasted pecans because my husband prefers them over walnuts. Also decreased the EVOO by half. Was a very delicious side dish! Will definitely make this again!

So good and EASY - the colorful presentation wows guests.  Thanksgiving crowd devoured this! Improvised a bit because I didn't want to go to store.  No red onion, used feta and praline pecans, added bacon bits, tossed with bottled Vidalia Onion Vinegarette.

LOVE the tart sweet creamy combo!!
Didn't have cranberries so used tart dried cherries.
This is easy and delicious.
Thanks!

Very good salad recipe. Whole family enjoyed it.

I made this salad for company in order to offer them something  different than my usual tossed green salad. Everyone loved it. Gave the leftover salad to my son, and he said it was better than what he gets in a restaurant.  I candied the walnuts and added more goat cheese, but, otherwise, followed the recipe as written. A salad to impress company, and so easy to prepare.  Will definitely make it again.

This salad is amazing.  So very delicious, I couldn’t get enough of it.  My husband doesn’t like goat cheese and he loved it.  He is also allergic to walnuts so we used almonds.

One of the best tasting salads I’ve ever eaten. Not difficult to make and super healthy and filling!

Great version of spinach salad, dressing is wonderful, apples set it apart.

Made this salad this evening. Loved it. Even husband who doesn’t care for salads liked it. And my toddler even ate some of the spinach.

This salad was awesome.  What a presentation. It was so awesome I doubled it and have served quite a few times. The family loves it and if there is any leftover it still looks beautiful and still tastes good at a later time. This recipe is a keeper. Thank you

This vinaigrette is sooo good! Glad I doubled the recipe!!

apple spinach salad

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Ali

Ingredients

Instructions

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