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Apple & Honey Salad with Candied Orange Peel

Ingredients

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FOR THE SALAD

  • 2 packs Butter lettuce
  • 3 Persian cucumbers cut thinly on the diagonal
  • 1/4 red onion thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup of candied orange peel
  • 1 red apple cut into chunks
  • 1 green apple cut into chunks
  • 6 dried figs cut into thin slivers
  • ½ cup walnuts coarsely chopped
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
  • Seed of a pomegranate *****
  • Chia seeds to garnish

FOR THE DRESSING

  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup red wine or apple cider vinegar
  • 2 TBS whole grain mustard
  • 4 TBS honey
  • Lots of coarse salt & ground black pepper

Instructions

To assemble, place lettuce on a platter. Arrange cucumber and red onion slices on top. Sprinkle evenly with chunks of apples and slivers of orange rind and dried figs.

Top with walnuts, cranberries, and pomegranate seeds *****. Garnish with Chia seeds

Whisk all the ingredients together. Drizzle over the salad just before serving.

***** I didn’t have pomegranates in my kitchen for the photo but please add them. The numerous seeds hint at the 613 mitzvot/commandments of the Torah and they also symbolize fruitfulness

SERVES 6-8

Find it online: https://melissamayo.com/recipe/apple-honey-salad-with-candied-orange-peel/