Baby Greens Salad With Cranberry Balsamic Vinaigrette Food

GREEN SALAD WITH CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Arrange almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet. Toast in oven for 5 minutes, or until nuts begin to brown.
• In a blender or food processor, combine the vinegar, oil, cranberries, mustard, garlic, salt, pepper, and water. Process until smooth.
• In a large bowl, toss the almonds, onion, blue cheese, and greens with the vinegar mixture until evenly coated.

GREEN SALAD WITH CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Put the cranberries in a small saucepan; add the honey and 1/3 cup water. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries pop and the liquid thickens, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• Toast the walnuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let cool slightly, then roughly chop. Stir the olive oil and vinegar into the cooled cranberries. (Add more honey, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the vinaigrette is too tart.) Season with salt and pepper.
• Toss the lettuce and watercress in a serving bowl; season with salt and pepper. Spoon the vinaigrette over the lettuce and top with the walnuts and herbs. Toss before serving.

GREEN SALAD WITH STRAWBERRY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Place jam in a medium bowl and whisk in vinegar then extra-virgin olive oil. Season the dressing with salt and pepper. Add the strawberries and greens to bowl and toss to coat evenly in dressing.

MIXED GREEN SALAD WITH CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Heat the cranberry and orange juice in a small saucepan, over medium heat until it boils. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Strain cranberry mixture into a large bowl using a fine mesh strainer. Whisk in vinaigrette and sugar until well combined.
• Add salad mix and half the dressing into a large bowl and toss with tongs until lettuce is coated. Add tomatoes and cucumber slices and gently toss. Add more dressing if necessary. Transfer to serving platter and top with croutons.

RED-AND-GREEN SALAD WITH CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Tear frisee and red-leaf lettuce into bite-size pieces; combine with spinach in a large bowl. Set aside.
• In a blender, combine cranberries, vinegar, lime juice, sugar, salt, and oil; puree until mixture is smooth.
• Sprinkle dried cranberries over salad greens in bowl; toss to combine. Divide salad among serving plates. Using a vegetable peeler to shave thin slices, divide cheese among individual salads. Serve with cranberry vinaigrette on the side.

MIXED BABY GREENS WITH BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In small bowl, beat all Balsamic Vinaigrette ingredients with wire whisk until smooth.
• In serving bowl, toss vinaigrette and all Salad ingredients just before serving.

FALL SALAD WITH CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine vinegar and cranberries. Cook over medium heat until cranberries soften. Remove from heat; add olive oil, sugar, salt and pepper. Place in blender and mix until smooth. Refrigerate until chilled.
• Core and julienne one pear, core and dice the other.
• In a large bowl, combine the Romaine lettuce, endive, diced pears, walnuts and Gorgonzola. Toss and drizzle with enough dressing to coat.
• Divide among salad plates and garnish with julienned pear. Top with any additional walnuts as well.

CRANBERRY BALSAMIC SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the spinach, salad greens, oranges, cheese and onion. In a small bowl, whisk the vinaigrette, orange juice and zest. Drizzle over salad; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cranberries and almonds.

BABY GREENS SALAD WITH CRANBERRY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the vinegar, cranberry sauce and shallot. Slowly whisk in the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the walnuts on a baking sheet and toast for 5 to 7 minutes; set walnuts aside.
• To serve the salad, toss the greens with enough of the vinaigrette to moisten and arrange on plates.
• Sprinkle each salad with goat cheese, dried cranberries and toasted walnuts.

GREEN SALAD WITH CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Arrange almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet. Toast in oven for 5 minutes, or until nuts begin to brown.
• In a blender or food processor, combine the vinegar, oil, cranberries, mustard, garlic, salt, pepper, and water. Process until smooth
• In a large bowl, toss the almonds, shallot, gorgonzola cheese, and greens with the vinegar mixture until evenly coated.

BABY GREENS SALAD WITH QUAIL EGG AND MAPLE WHITE BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Make the vinaigrette by adding vinegar, mustard, maple syrup, shallot and rosemary, 1 at a time, through the feed opening of a running blender. Then leaving the blender running, pour the olive oil in a slow steady stream into the vinegar mixture to emulsify. Remove vinaigrette to a container and season with salt and pepper.
• In a large bowl, toss tomatoes, cucumber and carrots with salad dressing. Toss with baby greens just before serving and garnish with quail eggs cut into halves. Season with salt and pepper.

CRANBERRY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Whisk vinegar, cranberries, sugar, mustard, salt, garlic, and pepper together in a bowl until the sugar and salt are completely dissolved. Stream oil into the mixture while whisking continually; continue whisking until the oil emulsifies into the vinegar.

MIXED GREENS WITH CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In small bowl, beat all vinaigrette ingredients except cranberries with wire whisk until smooth. Stir in cranberries.
• In serving bowl, toss all salad ingredients with vinaigrette just before serving.

BABY GREENS SALAD WITH STRAWBERRIES AND BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Make the dressing.
• Whirl the 3 to 5 strawberries in a blender with a dash of balsamic vinegar until puréed (or mash by hand).
• In a small bowl, whisk the 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, olive oil and sugar until well blended. Whisk in pureed berries.
• Place greens in salad bowl. Add desired amount of dressing and toss.
• Add almond slices and Blue cheese and lightly toss.
• Serve immediately.

BABY GREENS AND GRAPES WITH GORGONZOLA VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Pecans: Spray cookie sheet with "Pam" In frying pan, combine first set of ingredients except for pecans.
• Bring to boil over medium high heat.
• Stir until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Mixture will be bubbly and foamy looking, and very hot.
• Add pecans and stir while cooking fo 1-1/2 minutes.
• Spoon pecans onto cookie sheet and spread out to separate; let cool.
• Dressing: In a blender, combine ingredients.
• To Serve: Combine salad greens with just enough dressing to coat (may have leftovers).
• Divide onto plates and top with pecans.