Name: Detox Apple Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 red U.S. Gala apple*, cored and sliced; 1 green U.S. Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apple, cored and sliced; 4 cups (1 L) baby spinach; 2 cups (500 mL) chopped white radicchio or regular radicchio; 1 cup (250 mL) shredded red cabbage; 1 cup (250 mL) shredded Brussels sprouts; ½ cup (125 mL) crumbled blue cheese; 1 avocado, chopped; ½ cup (125 mL) olive oil; ⅓ cup (75 mL) apple cider vinegar; 1 tbsp (15 mL) honey; 1 tbsp (15 mL) Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped rosemary; 1 large clove garlic, grated or minced; 1 tsp (5 mL) pepper; ½ tsp (2 mL) kosher or sea salt

This colourful, crunchy salad is loaded with nutritious, whole foods to help you re-calibrate your eating habits and feel good from the inside out.

Ingredients:

Salad:

1 red U.S. Gala apple*, cored and sliced

1 green U.S. Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apple, cored and sliced

4 cups (1 L) baby spinach

2 cups (500 mL) chopped white radicchio or regular radicchio

1 cup (250 mL) shredded red cabbage

1 cup (250 mL) shredded Brussels sprouts

½ cup (125 mL) crumbled blue cheese

1 avocado, chopped

Apple Cider Rosemary Vinaigrette:

½ cup (125 mL) olive oil

⅓ cup (75 mL) apple cider vinegar

1 tbsp (15 mL) honey

1 tbsp (15 mL) Dijon mustard

1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped rosemary

1 large clove garlic, grated or minced

1 tsp (5 mL) pepper

½ tsp (2 mL) kosher or sea salt

Directions:

In a large bowl or deep platter, toss together apple slices, spinach, radicchio, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts. Top with blue cheese and avocado.

In a mason jar, place olive oil, vinegar, honey, Dijon, rosemary, garlic, pepper and salt. Secure lid and shake for 5 seconds or until emulsified. Drizzle vinaigrette over salad to serve.

Notes:

Tip: Any leftover dressing makes a flavourful marinade for beef, chicken, pork or firm tofu.

* Other varieties, such as Honeycrisp, Fuji, Empire, Jonagold, Red Delicious, Braeburn, McIntosh, Cripps Pink and Red Rome will work equally well.

Nutrition Facts:

PER SERVING (1/6th recipe - Assume only 50% of dressing used and leftovers used for another purpose): 240 calories, 17 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 270 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrates, 5 g fibre, 9 g sugars, 4 g protein. %DV: 9 % calcium, 7 % iron, 4 % vitamin A, 24 % vitamin C.

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