Thanksgiving Harvest Salad Idea

Nov 26 2010

Thanksgiving Harvest Salad Idea

By: Roni | Posted in: Dinner Ideas, Lunch Ideas, Salad Ideas, Vegetarian Ideas | 10 Comments

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My experimental salad was a hit! I had some fresh greens from the farm and decided to get creative on Thanksgiving. I figured the worse thing that could happen was a full of bowl of salad at the end of the meal.

To my surprise there was an almost empty bowl! I just polished off the rest for dinner tonight. There’s just something about the combination of Thanksgiving Harvest Salad Idea sweet craisins, fresh greens, crunchy pecans and smoky gouda. I dressed it all with a bit of store bought sweet maple fig dressing, I didn’t measuring anything but I thought I’d still share the idea to hopefully spark some of your own.

Here’s my ingredient list…

Fresh spinach
Arugula
Red lettuce
Handful of pecans (or walnuts)
Handful of dried cranberries
Handful of cubed smoked gouda cheese
A sweet dressing like maple fig or raspberry vinaigrette dressing, just a bit.

Throw everything in a bowl and toss!

Oh! and just a note: The winner of the Tasteful Selections was Barabara (comment 51). :)

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This entry was posted on Friday, November 26th, 2010 at 10:59 pm and is filed under Dinner Ideas, Lunch Ideas, Salad Ideas, Vegetarian Ideas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

10 Comments so far

Arlene @ Adventures in Weight Loss on November 26, 2010 11:12 pm
Looks delicious. Why is it everyone’s salads look fantastic, yet I can never seem to make myself eat one? :P
Casey on November 26, 2010 11:57 pm
Add some turkey and make it a meal :)

Looks so good!
Krista on November 27, 2010 12:28 am
That looks amazing! I could go for a bowl of that right now.
Barbara on November 27, 2010 10:59 am
wow number 51 was me. I never won anything
thanks

so what did I win Ha Ha
Jo Mauceri on December 2, 2010 11:19 pm
That salad looks amazing!!!
Sherry on April 21, 2011 10:23 am
What brand of maple fig salad dressing did you use?
Thanks so much-the recipe looks delicious!

Sherry
roni on April 21, 2011 10:30 am
Sherry,

I’m so sorry, I have NO idea and I don’t have the bottle. :(

-Roni
Sherry on April 21, 2011 12:27 pm
Roni-that’s okay! I appreciate you taking the time to answer. I had looked around online to try and find it, but I could only find a brand that said that type was discontinued (Vermont something?)

Take care,
Sherry
roni on April 21, 2011 12:33 pm
ohhh that may be it!!
Sherry on April 25, 2011 11:56 am
Hi Roni,

I used Trader Joe’s raspberry walnut gorgonzola dressing on the salad, and it was really good! They sell it in the refrigerated section.

Take care,
Sherry

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