This recipe is a nice combination of sweet, sour and salty. With a lot of crunch from the French fried onion rings and the apples. The maple glazed walnuts are like having candy in your salad.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp FRENCH'S® Dijon Mustard
1 cup FRENCH'S® French Fried Onions
2 cup walnut halves
6 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
4 tbsp oil
12 oz package baby salad greens
1 Granny Smith Apple
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Directions:
1. Preheat a large dry skillet over a medium high heat. Add walnuts and 5 tablespoons maple syrup. Cook, stirring often, until syrup is caramelized and nuts are toasted, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat; spread out on a large piece of wax paper to cool.
2. In a large salad bowl combine 1 tablespoon maple syrup, mustard, vinegar and salt & pepper. Then whisk in oil until blended.
3. Add greens to salad bowl and gently toss just before serving. Divide greens between 6 salad plates or bowls. Core and cut apple into matchsticks. Divide apple, cooled walnuts and onion rings over all.
cooking time is less than 10 minutes.
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