What are the best ingredients for an Autumn Salad?
I love mixing both textures and flavors in salads. I reach for crispy, flavorful Honeycrisp apples. Though they can be expensive you really only need 1 large one so I feel it’s worth the splurge! I like toasted pecans, but toasted almonds are just as great. You can toast them in the oven, or in a pan on the stove top. Lastly, bacon. I like to cook a whole pan of it in the oven because we usually end up eating half of it before it ever makes it into a salad, but you could easily pop a few slices in a skillet.
With vinaigrette dressings, I recommend tossing everything together before serving. With creamy dressings like my homemade ranch, it works well to have people dress their own salads on the plate, but it’s challenging to toss a salad like this in individual servings and it tastes better when it all has a lovely light coating of dressing.
This is the perfect salad for company, or for a holiday dinner like Thanksgiving or Christmas (though it would obviously work any time of year!) and even just a casual dinner at home.
