Garden Salad With Cranberries, Pine Nuts, and Bacon

Submitted by PalatablePastime

"A fresh salad with lots of good toppings on it, all of my favorites. Nice enough to serve to guests, and simple enough to serve every day."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4-5

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 5 cups mixed baby greens or 5 cups mesclun
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes or 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
• 1⁄4 cup chopped red onion
• 1⁄2 cup crisp cooked bacon, crumbled
• 1⁄2 cup toasted pine nuts, toasted
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries

directions

1. Whisk together vinegar and oil and add salt, pepper and mustard until it is well blended.
2. Toss with the baby greens or mesclun until the leaves are nicely coated.
3. Toss again with the tomatoes.
4. Place salad portions in bowls, garnish with a small amount of red onion, sprinkle with crumbled bacon, toasted pine nuts, and dried cranberries; serve.

Reviews

[bluemooner]

This salad is amazing! I wouldn't change a thing. The dressing is superb and the ingredients all go together perfectly. A great recipe to bring to a barbeque or pot luck dinner.

 

[gwynn]

Great salad with very nice toppings on it. Will make again soon. Thanks for posting..

 

[kim in Manitoba]

I made this salad for Easter and everyone enjoyed it. It was very easy to make and it tasted just fabulous. We will be having it often. Thanks for posting.

 

[CIndytc]

This was a great salad. The dressing is wonderful!

 

[The Obvious Cook]

Very good mixture of ingredients. I used my own dressing (because I had extra) and put a scoop of low carb deviled chicken salad (recipe 74829) on top and it was great!