California Apple Spinach Salad

Name: California Apple Spinach Salad
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup granny smith apples or 1 cup gala apples, diced, cored (or some combination of both to total); 1/4 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional); 1/4 cup green onion, sliced, including tops; 1 1/2 cups bibb lettuce, torn or 1 1/2 cups butter lettuce; 1 1/2 cups fresh spinach, torn; 6 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled; 1/4 cup feta, crumbled or 1/4 cup blue cheese; 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 dash pepper

Submitted by Dancer

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Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 cup granny smith apples or 1 cup gala apples, diced, cored (or some combination of both to total)
¹⁄₄ cup fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)
¹⁄₄ cup green onion, sliced, including tops
1 ¹⁄₂ cups bibb lettuce, torn or 1 1/2 cups butter lettuce
1 ¹⁄₂ cups fresh spinach, torn
6 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
¹⁄₄ cup feta, crumbled or 1/4 cup blue cheese
Dressing:
¹⁄₄ cup apple cider vinegar
¹⁄₃ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
¹⁄₂ teaspoon sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon dried oregano
1 dash pepper

directions

Combine all ingredients for dressing in bottle or jar. Shake well and refrigerate several hours to meld flavors.
Just before serving, gently toss apples mushrooms and onions together in a large bowl.
Add lettuce, spinach, bacon and dressing; blend well.
Serve with cheese sprinkled on top.

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Reviews

fabulous recipe with a great flavor. instead of bacon, i sliced up a fair amount of ham, and added some goat cheese instead of feta to the mix. it was good enough to make two nights in a row.

Milla
This salad and salad dressing is top-notched. I prefer the granny smith apples and the blue cheese combo. I add left-over grilled chicken (the best is fajata chicken), boiled egg and avacado slices, and toasted pecans or walnuts, pile it high on a dinner plate to make this salad a full meal.

Trinda Martin
I made this delicious salad with baby arugula and added chopped walnuts. It was great and enjoyed by all!

Ginny233
Oh, yummy, yummy, perfect!!!! This was so beautiful and healthy tasting!! I went on a pasta binge this weekend and made homemade pasta (noodles, sauce, bread, and all!) two nights in a row--this was my salad for the second night. I didn't have any oregano so I left that out. I also added about 5 cloves of garlic, which I should NOT have done because, of course, it was raw and therefore VERY strong (you could smell the garlic upstairs!) Also no bacon for me. I added half a sliced red onion, which I allowed to marinate in the dressing so it wouldn't be so strong. EXCELLENT dancer!!! Thanks!

spatchcock
A terrific dish. We used the granny smith / bleu cheese pairing and it was wonderful. Thanks, Dancer^, for another great salad!

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Tweaks

fabulous recipe with a great flavor. instead of bacon, i sliced up a fair amount of ham, and added some goat cheese instead of feta to the mix. it was good enough to make two nights in a row.

Milla