How to Make the BEST Fall Salad Recipe

gorgonzola cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: blue cheese

Feta offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

candied walnuts

🥗Healthier: toasted almonds

💰Cheaper: plain walnuts

Toasted almonds provide crunch with less sugar.

Start by making an apple cider vinaigrette using apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, salt, pepper, and extra virgin olive oil.

Shake the vinaigrette in a jar or whisk it in a bowl.

Prepare the salad ingredients by removing the inner core from half a head of radicchio and thinly slicing it.

Slice half of a fennel bulb using a mandolin or a sharp knife.

Add some baby arugula or mixed greens to the salad.

Quarter the ripe Bartlett pear, then cut out the core at an angle and thinly slice the pear.

Add toasted walnuts to the salad for crunch.

Season the salad with salt and pepper.

Drizzle the apple cider vinaigrette over the salad and toss until everything is evenly coated.

Add dried cherries or cranberries to the salad.

Crumble Gorgonzola cheese or blue cheese over the top of the salad.

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