Cranberry and Goat Cheese Salad with Grapes and Pine Nuts

By brendaz

This is one of my all-time favorite salads. The vinaigrette is a simple lemon and olive oil blend which I find really compliments the fresh greens. The grapes and cranberries add some sweetness, the pine nuts some texture and the goat cheese smooths it all out. Delish!

Ingredients

• 1 pkg mixed greens
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/3 cup red or green grapes, halved
• 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
• 1/3 cup crumbled goat cheese
• Juice of one lemon (use fresh lemon!)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Put first 5 ingredients into a salad bowl. Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, sugar, salt and pepper. Just before serving pour vinaigrette over salad and toss. Enjoy! For more recipes and photos, visit my blog Apron Strings and Tasty Things at www.foodandfact.com