Crunchy Lettuce, Apple and Cucumber Salad
Salad
1 apple, chopped and sprinkled with lemon juice to keep from browning
2 cups green leaf or red leaf lettuce, torn into bite size pieces
1 cucumber
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon mint, chopped
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Drizzle chopped apple with 1/4 cup lemon juice. Set aside. Tear lettuce into bite size pieces. Peel cucumber if not organic. Otherwise, leave peel on. Slice cucumber thinly.
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Combine ingredients, Toss in dried cranberries and nets. Add mint on top.
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Combine first 5 ingredients in salad dressing into a jar or bowl. Mix together. Add olive oil slowly, whisking to combine until emulsified. Add dressing to salad just before serving. Toss to combine.
Dressing
2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. maple syrup
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. ground paprika
1/4 c. extra-virgin olive oil
Expand the table suggestions
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Make it Cheesy: Grate Parmesan Cheese on top.
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Add some protein: Grate hard-boiled egg into salad.
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Make it nut free: Keep the crunch with pine nuts.