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An amazing fall salad with the best creamy poppyseed dressing that you will ever have!
There is nothing that I love more then a mouthwatering salad. One that tastes so amazing that you crave it and can’t wait to make it again. This salad was just that. One of the best ones that I have had and it is screaming fall!
The line up of this salad is all of my favorite things about fall. Dried Cranberries, pecans, apples, and feta cheese. Toss with some fresh spinach and you have one amazing salad. I used my favorite creamy poppyseed dressing from this Strawberry Avocado Salad. It is seriously the best dressing I have ever had. It glazes the salad perfectly. I am afraid of using anything else because everyone always raves how amazing it is. It complemented the salad perfectly and all of the flavors came together so amazing! I just couldn’t get enough of this salad. Make it for yourself and see how incredible it is! This is truly a 5 star salad!
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Cranberry Apple Pecan Salad with Creamy Poppyseed Dressing
Ingredients
- 6 ounces baby spinach
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 2 cups chopped Granny Smith Apples, about 2 apples
- ½ cup crumbled Feta Cheese
- ¾ cup dried cranberries
Creamy Poppyseed Dressing
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup 2% milk
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons poppyseeds
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss 6 ounces baby spinach, 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans, 2 cups chopped Granny Smith Apples, ½ cup crumbled Feta Cheese, and ¾ cup dried cranberries together.
- In a small bowl, whisk together ⅓ cup mayonnaise, ¼ cup 2% milk, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, 4 teaspoons apple cider vinegar, and 2 teaspoons poppyseeds. Pour over the salad and toss to coat.
- Serve salad immediately and garnish with more feta cheese if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I love this salad! I add 1/2 red onion and top it with crunched garlic bagel chips. The flavor is amazing together!
Good salad. I substituted 2 TB Agave syrup for all the white sugar and a splash of OJ for a hint of citrus, and then added grilled chicken to it. Yummy lunch.
This salad was amazing!! We added some bacon for another layer of flavor and used spring mix. There were 2 of us fighting over the last bit of it in the bowl. SO GOOD!! Definitely a keeper.
Made this salad to go with our Thanksgiving dinner. It was EXCELLENT! I did skip the feta this time but with another menu, I’ll add it. I will be making this regularly. Thank you, Alyssa!
I am wanting to make this salad for my son’s wedding reception. There are roughly 70 guests. Can you give me an idea on how the best way to calculate the amount of dressing I would need to make. And what would be the best way to preserve the apples for about 2 hrs to keep them from turning? Thanks for any advice you could give.
Lemon juice will keep apples from turning brown. Next time, add a squeeze, and then stir to coat.
We are loving this salad! I’ve been making it about once a week recently. I have been using the apples we have on hand even though the Granny Smiths would be delicious. Thank you for your wonderful recipes and the time you put into your blog.
what kind of mayo do you use?
I think it was Kraft? Any will work just fine. 🙂
I’ll try to put this to good use immeyiateld.
this salad was lovely !!! I’ve never used poppyseed dressing – store bought or home made – but it was really tasty and totally made the salad. I used Spring mix as I didn’t have baby spinach on hand. What a lovely combination of flavours. This recipe is going in my Favourites folder. Thank you for the recipe XO
Love your recipes
Do you think this salad would take just as good using spring mix lettuce???
I think it would be great with whatever you prefer!
This is my idea of good food.
Yummy
This was absolutely delicious! The dressing was my favorite and I will use it on other salads! Yum!!
I adore dried cranberries on a salad. This dressing sounds fantastic!!
That’s a delightful salad and that dressing is calling my name.