Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2011

I have to agree with other reviewers - this vinaigrette was barely tolerable. I added the 2 T oil, even though it wasn't in the recipe. Still way to tangy. I also had issues with the walnuts. I made as directed the first time, and they burned before the 15 minutes were up. The second time I didn't bake them after cooking them in the skillet. That worked better, but they just tasted like butter. This was very disappointing to me, as we were having a ladies' lunch and my pregnant friend, who hosted, requested I bring a yummy salad. Sadly, this was not it.

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Ambo

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2011

I made this salad last night for dinner it was awesome. I had to add about an extra 1/2 tsp sugar to the dressiing and a little extra olive oil and vinegar the dijon mustard was really strong tasting. The original recipe didnot call for the olive oil but i added as another review had done and i only had red wine vinegar i am going to try this with white wine vinegar as it says to use.

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mstetler

Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2011

It's a great salad once you add some olive oil to the dressing. Without the olive oil, the dressing is, of course, terrible. I only made enough salad for myself so I used 1 tbsp. of olive oil and 1 tsp. of the vinegar. This is a great fall salad when all different varieties of apples are plentiful. Thanks for sharing!

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collegechef08

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: College Park, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: May 12, 2011

I read the reviews before starting and decided to make the dressing as stated first. Upon tasting, I decided to add vegetable oil. I only had iceburg lettuce so I used that instead. I think this may have been better with a different cheese.

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5Foot3

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2011

Very good I added 4 TBS oil to 2 TBS vinegar for the dressing. I didn't add butter and rather heated the walnuts up in a pan then added brown sugar and pepper to carmelize them.

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Suzy

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Northridge, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2011

Delicious! Made this salad for Christmas day brunch. Everyone loved it and went back for seconds!!

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mimmer

Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2010

Not bad! My husband made it and put in too much lettuce so I couldn't get a good feel of the flavoring, but it seemed good!

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ericksonpad

Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2009

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this salad- I've made it three times this week! scaled it down to about 6 servings, used 1 honeycrisp apple and a spring mix lettuce blend. Per other reviews I added olive oil to the dressing using about a 3:1 oil:vinegar ratio. I was stunned to hear my husband exclaim "this dressing is awesome" after his first bite- he's a devoted carnivore, and salads don't typically get his seal of approval- but this one's a winner!! Thanks so much for posting!!

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Liligator

Living In: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2009

This was fantastic! I wanted to do something different ofr our salad with dinner. I had to use pecans instead of walnuts and used brown sugar instead of regular. I did cook the nuts in the toaster over and I left them a little too long, but they were still fabulous. I used romaine and the mixed greens (msclun mix). I did also add some red onion for just a little zing. The only thing I didn't do out of pure laziness was make the dressing. I taste tested with Raspberry Honey Vinaigrette and Lemon Poppyseed and the Lemon Poppyseed was the winner. Husband didn't have any - not his kind of salad, but that's fine I plan on eating every last bite. I had two servings if this instead of more of the main dish. Came together super easy (even easier if I pre-make the nights and store them) so I will definitely make this again! Thanks for sharing!

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CUTIEAKC

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Winchester, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2009

Surely the oil was inadvertantly omitted from this recipe. Probably 1 to 1-1/2 cups based on this serving twelve. Usually one ounce sressing per serving and the recipe has a very small amt of dressing for 12 servings. Similar recipes have 1/4 cup oil per tablespoon vinegar.

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