Apple Goat Cheese Salad

What You Will ❤️ About Apple Goat Cheese Salad

• Bright Flavor – the combination of the tart apples, sweet cranberries and creamy goat cheese bring out a bright and delicious flavor
• Easy – you can put this salad together in minutes!
• Versatile – this salad is great as a side dish or add chicken for a full meal!

• 4 cups mixed spring greens – you can use any greens you like – I like the spring greens for the variety
• 1/4 cup Praline Pecans – I love the ones you can buy at the store – but you can also make your own with this recipe for Cinnamon Sugar Pecans
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries – any variety of Craisins or dried cherries would be great!
• 1/4 cup goat cheese crumbles – I prefer the goat cheese in a log vs the pre-crumbled
• 1 green apple, thinly sliced – I would never eat plain Granny Smith apples – but the tartness is great with this salad!
• Favorite Vinaigrette – you can make your own or use a store-bought. My favorite is Ken’s Lite Raspberry Walnut

Recipe Variations

There are a few easy tweaks you can make to make this salad special for your family. Here are some easy swaps!

• Nuts – not a fan of candied pecans, you can swap out walnuts – or use plain pecans, hazelnuts or almonds instead of the candied ones
• Balsamic Vinegar & Olive Oil – don’t have a vinaigrette made up sprinkle on balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and black pepper – or whisk it all together with a little dijon mustard and honey to make a quick balsamic dressing
• Swap the Cheese – not a fan of goat cheese? Salty feta cheese crumbles would be delicious as well as blue cheese.
• Greens – swap out the mixed greens for arugula, romaine or green and red leaf lettuce
• Vegetables – add more veggies like sliced cherry tomatoes or diced red onion
• Protein – Grill chicken breast, salmon or shrimp and add on top of the salad for a complete meal

How to make Apple Goat Cheese Salad

This salad couldn’t get any easier! I like to add the goat cheese at the end so it doesn’t get lost and everybody gets plenty!

• Place greens into large bowl
• Add sliced apple, cranberries and pecans. Toss salad.
• Top with goat cheese and Vinaigrette and serve.

What to serve with Apple Goat Cheese Salad

• Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin
• Air Fryer Chicken Breast
• Texas Roadhouse Grilled Shrimp

More Apple Recipes

• Air Fryer Baked Apples
• Honey Baked Ham Cinnamon Apples
• Dutch Oven Apple Cobbler

More Salad Recipes

• Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad
• Fall Apple Salad
• O’Charleys California Chicken Salad
• Culver’s Strawberry Fields Salad