Autumn Apple Salad with a Maple Vinaigrette will let you celebrate all the flavors of Fall!  Pecans, cranberries, apples, feta and baby spinach all drizzled with an easy to make maple dijon vinaigrette! 

Autumn Apple Salad in a large salad bowl being drizzled with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette.

There is nothing better than sitting down to a fully loaded salad! And this Autumn Apple Salad is loaded up with tons of flavors and textures. It is sure to become a new favorite. Trust me.

Autumn Apple Salad:

This salad is loaded up with all the best fall flavors.

  • Two kinds of apples. Granny Smith and Fuji. To give a sweet and tart flavor.
  • Crumbled feta cheese.
  • Crispy bacon
  • Sweet dried cranberries.
  • And crunchy pecans.

Plus we’re going to drizzle this apple salad with some flavorful Maple Dijon Vinaigrette.

The dressing is made of ingredients you most likely have in your pantry: extra virgin olive oil, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, dijon and salt and pepper in there. This has become one of my all time favorite salad dressings and I make this to drizzle on most of my salads now.

The best way to make the dressing is to use a small jar. This way you can close the lid, give a little shake, and mix it up completely.

A jar of maple dijon vinaigrette for the Autumn Apple Salad.

This apple salad is the perfect dish to bring to any potluck or party. There’s so many comments below of readers who have made this to bring to a holiday dinner only to have this be the first dish completely finished off. It always gets rave reviews, and everyone will be asking for the recipe.

The Autumn Apple Salad drizzled with the dressing.

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Autumn Apple Salad with a Maple Vinaigrette will let you celebrate all the flavors of Fall! Pecans, cranberries, apples, feta and baby spinach all drizzled with an easy to make maple dijon vinaigrette!

Autumn Apple Salad with a Maple Vinaigrette

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5 from 4 reviews
  • Author: Serene @ House of Yumm
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1x
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Description

Autumn Apple Salad with a Maple Vinaigrette will let you celebrate all the flavors of Fall! Pecans, cranberries, apples, feta and baby spinach all drizzled with an easy to make maple dijon vinaigrette!

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups baby spinach
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup halved pecans
  • 2 tablespoons feta cheese
  • 1/2 granny smith apple sliced
  • 1/2 fuji apple sliced
  • 2 slices bacon cooked and chopped

Maple Dijon Vinaigrette

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Add the spinach to a medium size bowl or plate.
  2. Top with dried cranberries, halved pecans, feta cheese, sliced apples, and cooked bacon.
  3. Add all the ingredients for the maple dijon vinaigrette to a small mason jar. Shake to mix. Pour over the salad. The dressing recipe makes enough for two salads.

Notes

Maple Vinaigrette recipe adapted from Martha Stewart.

  • Category: Salad
  • Method: Mixed
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 284
  • Carbohydrates: 26.4 g
  • Protein: 4 g

Keywords: salad, apple, fall, holiday, side dish