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Apple Walnut Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette

“This salad contains lots of greens and sliced Red Delicious apples with a sprinkling of toasted almonds. But the dressing is a bit fancier. Cranberries, onions, sugar, and mustard are pureed in the blender with balsamic vinegar and oil, then added to the salad so that it perfectly coats every leaf of lettuce and slice of apple.”

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2004

Very good. I caramalized the walnuts for extra flavour. Big hit at christmas party. I also used an assortment of apples. Serve with herbed feta or blue cheese for variety. The dressing is amazing!

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Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2004

I chopped up the onions and cranberries first then added the vinegar, sugar, mustard and oil all at the same time. DON'T DO THIS. It turned into a paste - like mayo. So I remade it, put everything into the processor EXCEPT the oil then added the oil and whipped with a small hand egg whipper. It turned out ten times better and poured like a dressing. I did increase the cranberries to 1/2 c. and added extra sugar. Everyone really like it.

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CINDYKG

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2003

Easy and delicious. It was a big hit!

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Amy

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2003

I made this salad for Thanksgiving and everyone raved about it. I did change a few things based on prior comments. I only used 1/2 cup of onions, increased the cranberries to 1/2 cup, added an extra tablespoon of sugar, and 1 cup of crumbled blue cheese.

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FUZZYG565

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Home Town: Des Plaines, Illinois, USA

Living In: Palatine, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2003

Everyone loved this salad. I made the walnuts caramalized. I will definitely make this again!

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OHCHOBRUIN

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Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2003

VERY yummy! My whole family loved it!

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MARDEEN

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2003

This salad was a huge hit with my guests. They all wanted a copy of the recipe. I think the ratio of onions to cranberries is right on. We're making it a new traditional presentation on our Thanksgiving table.

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CELESTE THE BEST

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Reviewed: May 3, 2003

While this recipe sounded good, the vinaigrette didn't really turn out all that well for me, and the apples ended up quite brown. I think I'll stick with another vinaigrette.

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JULEEANNA

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2003

Delicious and open to lots of adjustments... I used less red onion and more (1/2 cup) cranberries as suggested by earlier reviews and pecans because I didn't have the walnuts. I also only made a small amount of salad and am saving the dressing for more later... absolutely delicious!!

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sundrops

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Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2003

i love this recipe! i could never find cranberries so i used raspberries and never switched. great recipe

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CHELSEAK3

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Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2003

Great taste and pretty presentation, Barrett! Our dinner company enjoyed this, as did we. I cut back on the onion as others suggested. Also, I had some cooked crumbled bacon that I needed to use up. Very tasty! Thanks.This will definitely go into our favs......

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MAGGIE MCGUIRE

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Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2003

Very good. Worth the extra prep time.

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ALETA14

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Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2003

This is a great recipe for a winter salad, although I agree with the person who said there was a bit too much red onion. I love the way the cranberries plump up in the dressing. I made this during the holidays when my family was over for dinner and they all loved it!

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SundayGirl

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Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2003

This is a very good recipe. I will definitely make again but with half the amount of red onions.

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Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2002

This is a great winter time salad! I took this to the family Thanksgiving spread and it got rave reviews.

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KIM IN KY

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2002

Wonderful!

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2002

I made this recipe twice in one weekend - following the recipe exactly makes for a tart vinaigrette that everyone loved for Thanksgiving, but it was even better when I reduced the onion to 1/2 cup and increased the cranberries to 1/2 cup, and used yellow delicious apples instead of red. The toasted walnuts are a nice touch. I think I'll try adding craisins next time!

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2002

I should have listened to the comments before trying this recipe. I like to follow the recipe first before changing anything BUT use less onion when you try this. It's an excellent recipe ---- very good, but a cup of red onions over powers the dressing. It was still good with the BIG onion flavor but I imagine better with less. I think next time I will use 1/3 cup. Really good!

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Lynn S

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Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2002

Took this to our Harvest Celebration dinner at church and it was a real winner. You know it is good when the best cooks in the church ask for the recipe!!! I did modify it a bit by using only 1/2 cup of onion and a wee bit more sugar..........let me say again, this salad is a real winner! We will be having this again and again and again! PS.......I added a handful of crasins.

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2002

This recipe was very tastey, but the taste of onions overwhelmed the dressing. The second time I made it I only used 1/3 of a cup. It tasted much better. I plan on using this as our Thanksgiving Salad.

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