Harvest Apple Salad

Now that I am out of the first trimester I am finally starting to regain my appetite for salad. Yay! I really love a good salad and they are such a healthy food with endless variety, including this Harvest Apple Salad!

Harvest Apple salad: apples, cheese, pumpkin seeds, turkey

In general I follow this formula for a great salad.

1-2 cups of lettuce (iceberg, romaine, spinach, kale, spring mix–whatever suits your fancy!)

4 ounces of protein (taco meat, turkey pepperoni, deli meat, chicken)

1/4-1/2 cup other vegetables or fruit (blueberries, strawberries, green pepper, mushrooms, tomatoes, cucumbers)

1-2 Tablespoon extra goodies (shredded cheese, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, walnuts)

Salad dressing of choice (I must admit my favorite is Caesar!)

Harvest Salad with apples

The other day I decided to create a “fall” salad incorporating some of my favorite things from fall: apples and pumpkin! This salad uses deli turkey, fresh apples, bruschetta jack cheese that I got in Amish country, and roasted pumpkin seeds! It is a salad that I could eat over and over again! Although I haven’t tried it yet, I think this would also make a great mason jar salad, just add the apples on the same day so they don’t go brown.

Harvest Apple Salad

Harvest Apple Salad

Yield: 1 salad
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

A delicious harvest salad with apple, turkey, pumpkin seeds and bruschetta jack cheese that celebrates fall.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup spinach and romaine
  • 1/4 cup chopped apple
  • 2 Tablespoons a couple passes of the grater of bruschetta jack cheese (available at specialty cheese stores; colby jack would be great as well)
  • 1 Tablespoon pumpkin seeds

Instructions

  1. Lightly toss all ingredients together. Top with your favorite salad dressing.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g

Simple, right? But oh so good!

Straight Harvest Apple Salad

The Bruschetta Jack cheese was a specialty cheese we got down in Shipshewana, Sargeneto carries a brand of it, but Colby-Jack would be great too! We were down in Shipshewana all day Tuesday making apple cider and doing all our great fall things. We go to a small mill where we’ve been going to press cider since I was a little girl. It’s a fun family tradition and a beautiful spot! My parents got tons of apples off their trees so there was lots of fresh cider to go around!

Apple cider making

Layla loves cider

After that we went to Guggisburg cheese factory and Layla might have sampled every type of cheese! #spoiled The Bruschetta Jack was the special of the day and we also got bacon cheese because we are Americans. You truly haven’t lived until you’ve had a bacon grilled cheese sandwich.

Then we stopped at Yoders Meat Market and stocked up on meat! They have great prices and their meat is not treated with antibiotics or growth hormones. Just happy Indiana cows. I like to stock up every couple of months when we go down. After that we ate lunch at The Blue Gate and it was awesome, as always. I have been craving chicken and noodles and my meal definitely hit the spot. Then we were on to E & S Sales, a bulk food store that also sells puppies and playgrounds (random I know). It was a great stop towards the end of our trip because there were lots of things to keep Layla entertained!

It was a long day for this preggers mama, so some naps and a low-key evening were in order after we got home. And this Harvest Apple Salad was a good way to detox from my carb-fest! 🙂

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Do you eat salad often? What are your favorite toppings?

Do you have any fall traditions? 

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8 Comments

    1. I definitely missed it when I lived in the South. Now I miss snow-free winters. 😉 We had fun and I actually think I may go back and pick some apples to make apple butter.

  1. I’ve always been hesitant to put fruit in a salad but this looks yummy! I only like ranch and vinaigrette so that may make it funky tasting.

    1. Yeah, I’m not sure…I think ranch might be good and but I’m not sure about the vinaigrette. I think a poppyseed would taste good too, but I tend to hang out in my Italian/Caesar comfort zone of salad dressings.

  2. I would have to say salads are on my top 5 favorite foods to eat. I love a variety of fruit and nut combinations for salad toppers. Have an awesome weekend Kate! xoxo

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