hall harvest salad

Sweet and savory flavors fill this fall harvest salad recipe. Roasted sweet potatoes and crisp apples provide the sweetness, while the red onion, arugula, and other vegetables, provide the savory taste. Dressed in a smokey maple dijon dressing, this Fall harvest salad is perfect for lunch, a weeknight meal, or Thanksgiving salad.

Fall Harvest Salad

Organic Arugula

Romaine Lettuce

cooked quinoa (1 cup uncooked)

Sweet Potato

apples

Lemon

grape tomatoes (sliced in halves)

cucumber.

Roasted Pecans

raw cashews (sunflower seeds, silken tofu

water

Tablespoons Maple Syrup

Dijon Mustard

liquid smoke (I used hickory flavor)

apple cider vinegar

Rinse 1 cup quinoa.

Combine 2 cups water, rinsed quinoa, and add  1/2 teaspoon salt.

Bring to a boil uncover.

Cover and reduce to medium-low.

Cook for 15 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Using a fork, fluff and let cool

Cooking the Quinoa

Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.

Peel sweet potato or leave skins on.

Cut the sweet potato into similar sized bite-sized cubes.

Place cut sweet potato on a silicone mat, or parchment-covered pan.

Cook for 20 minutes.

Remove the potatoes from the oven and let cool.

Roasting sweet Potatoes

Drain the cashews if soaked.

Combine all ingredients in a blender.

Blend the ingredients on high until smooth.

Refrigerate the dressing until ready to use.

Salad Dressing

Use 1/2 cup silken tofu and reduce water to 1/4 cup

Dressing Variation (if you are allergic to nuts)

Cut the apples (leave the skin on) and place in a container with lemon juice; shake and set aside (this will prevent your apples from browning).

Cut and prepare remaining vegetables.

Salad

Place 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup quinoa in the center of a shallow bowl.

Place Arugula around the edges of the bowl, leaving the quinoa in the middle.

Add cooled sweet potatoes, apples, red onions, cucumbers, grape Ttmatoes, and Romaien lettuce.

Divide (4 salads) and evenly distribute ingredients throughout the salad.

Add teh roasted pecans (or nut soy choice) in the center of each bowl.

Drizzle with smokey maple dijon dressing.

Assembling the Salad: 4 Large Shallow Bowls

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