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Apple, Date, & Walnut Salad

Say goodbye to boring salads! This Apple, Date & Walnut Salad has pops of color, texture, and flavor for the ultimate side salad, or if you're like us...the main dish!

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Ingredients

  • 1 Lemon, juiced
  • 1 clove of Garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 6-8 cups arugula
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1 Fuji apple, sliced
  • 4 Medjool Dates, diced
  • Seeds from 1 Pomegranate
  • 1/4 cup walnuts
  • 8 oz. gorgonzola cheese

Preparation

  1. In a mixing bowl, make your salad dressing by adding together your lemon, garlic, honey, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper. Whisk while adding in your olive oil
  2. In another bowl, add your arugula and red onion. Add your dressing on top and toss well
  3. Slice your Fuji apple and dates and set to the side
  4. Add your salad to a plate or bowl and top with your Fuji apples
  5. Add your diced dates, walnuts and pomegranate seeds
  6. Top with Gorgonzola cheese and enjoy!

Nutritional analysis per serving:

Apple- Date- _ Walnut Salad - Nutrition Label

 

*While Medjool dates are high in natural sugars, they are low on the glycemic index thanks to a balanced amount of soluble fiber. The complex carbohydrates found in Medjool dates are digested at a slower rate, making them a source of dietary fiber and releasing energy to the body over a longer period of time.