Warm Apple Salad with Apple Cider Peanut Dressing
Bring beauty and style to everyday treats with these simple tricks:
Color: When creating a salad, or a whole meal, use color for flavor and contrast. From green leafy lettuces to crisp apple to earthy walnuts, color signals nutrition and that’s something to feel good about.
Texture: Include crispy, crunchy and creamy foods in your meal plan for exciting textural interest. Whether it’s touch of creamy goat cheese in a salad, hearty vegetables in a beef stew or a brightly colored icing on your favorite cookie, texture makes food pretty to look at – and a pleasure to eat.
Shape: From a perfect apple to an adorable cookie, shape makes food interesting. Must be i why we all love cut-out cookies in festive holiday shapes! Don’t stop at cookies! Use cutters to make everything from pancakes to PB&Js even more fun to eat!
Height: From sprigs of fresh herbs to towering layer cakes, height adds visual excitement to food. For an instant boost in stature, a cake stand does wonders for even the humblest cookies, muffins and baked goods. Tie on seasonal ribbons for added flair.
Try this beautiful salad from Jif to bring it all together.
Directions
PREPARE salad dressing. Place in microwave-safe pitcher or bowl. Whisk in water.
HEAT oven to 425° F. Line baking sheet with foil. Coat with no-stick cooking spray. Slice each apple half into quarters. Place apples, cutside up, on prepared baking sheet. Brush with Apple Cider Peanut Dressing. Roast 15 to 20 minutes or until tender when pierced with fork.
DIVIDE lettuce evenly on 4 salad plates. Microwave salad dressing on HIGH for 30 to 45 seconds or until warm. Arrange 4 roasted apple wedges on center of salad. Sprinkle immediately with crumbled cheese, red onion, bacon bits and walnuts. Drizzle with warm dressing. Serve immediately.

What's Needed:
SALAD DRESSING
Apple Cider Peanut Dressing
1/4 cup water
SALAD
Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
2 Gala apples, cored and halved
1 (5.5 oz.) bag Spring mix and baby spinach blend
1/2 cup crumbled Chevre goat cheese
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1/4 cup real bacon bits
1/4 cup prepared candied walnuts

Recipe brought
to you by Amy Tobin
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