The Spicy Olive’s Harvest Salad

Here is a great fall salad, full of the delicious flavors of an autumn harvest. This salad is easy to change up depending on what’s in your refrigerator. A delicious addition would be any leftover squash from our The Spicy Olive’s Roasted Butternut Squash!

A number of balsamic vinegar and olive oil combinations would work here; our Maple balsamic vinegar with a mild extra virgin, single varietal olive oil, our Black Mission Fig or Cranberry Pear balsamic with Blood Orange olive oil would be my favorites on this salad!

The Spicy Olive's Harvest Salad

A delicious fall salad!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 fresh apple cubed
  • 1 fresh Pear sliced
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seed kernels toasted
  • 1/4 cup pecan peices toasted
  • 1/4 cup Blue Cheese crumbles
  • 1/4 cup red onion thinly sliced
  • 1 package baby arugula or fresh mixed greens
  • 1/4 cup The Spicy Olive's Cranberry Pear white balsamic vinegar Maple balsamic would also be delicious
  • 1/4 cup The Spicy Olive's extra virgin olive oil mild, single varietal like Hojiblanca or Arbosano

Method
 

  1. Place pecan pieces and pumpkin seed kernels in a dry saute pan over medium heat and saute until lightly toasted. Watch closely as nuts burn quickly. Remove from heat when toasted and fragrant.
  2. Place greens in a salad bowl. Top with apples and/or pears, pecans and pumpkin kernels, sliced onion, blue cheese crumbles and if desired roasted butternut squash cubes.
  3. Whisk together The Spicy Olive's Cranberry Pear white balsamic vinegar and olive oil until completely incorporated and slightly thickened.
  4. Pour balsamic vinaigrette over salad. Toss to evenly coat. Serve and enjoy!