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Arugula Salad

Easy Blue Cheese Apple Salad with Arugula + Pecans

A quick and easy salad with only a few ingredients, making it perfect side for lunch, brunch or dinner.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Brunch, Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 118 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 6 Cups Baby Arugula
  • ½- 1 Small Apple sliced, *see notes
  • ¼ Cup Dried Cranberries
  • ¼ Cup Pecans Toasted and chopped
  • ¼ Cup Blue Cheese I used stilton
  • 3-4 tablespoon Honey Poppyseed Dressing *see notes

Instructions
 

  • Add arugula to a large mixing bowl.
  • Slice apples and add to the arugula. (Add a squeeze of lemon juice to the apples if you are making the salad in advance.)
  • Add dried cranberries.
  • Chop and add pecans to the salad.
  • Crumble the blue cheese over the pecans
  • Drizzle with poppyseed dressing.
  • Toss well and serve.

Notes

  • Use small apples for best texture. I like to use Honeycrisp or Jazz.
  • Slice the apples into thin wedges.
  • Toast the pecans and chop into varying sizes.
  • Buy good quality blue cheese in a wedge if possible, so that you can control the size of the crumbles.  I use Stilton for this recipe but there are many good blue cheeses out there that will work well.
  • Use a wild arugula or baby arugula. Arugula is easily found at most grocery stores.
  • If you are making this in advance, assemble the salad but wait to add the dressing until right before you serve salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 118kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 106mgPotassium: 191mgFiber: 2gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 795IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 99mgIron: 1mg
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