Holiday Cooking & Baking Recipes: Kale, Apple & Cranberry Salad Recipe | Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: omit cheese

Goat cheese is lower in fat; omitting cheese is budget-friendly.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds are nutrient-dense; sunflower seeds are often cheaper.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Maple syrup offers a unique flavor; agave is often less expensive.

Add apple cider vinegar to a bowl.

Add black pepper and kosher salt to the bowl.

Add honey to the bowl.

Add ground mustard to the bowl.

Whisk the dressing ingredients together.

Slowly whisk in olive oil to the dressing mixture.

Add kale to the bowl with the dressing.

Toss the kale to coat it in the dressing thoroughly.

Let the kale sit for 15 minutes to absorb the dressing.

Slice apples thinly and soak them in lemon juice to prevent browning.

Add the soaked apple slices to the salad after 15 minutes.

Add pecans to the salad.

Add about 1 cup of dried cranberries to the salad.

Top the salad with parmesan cheese and toss gently.

Use a peeler to create long strips of carrots and drop them into an ice bath to curl them up.

Add the curled carrot strips to the salad.

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