Simple Green Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette

This simple and fresh green salad with the best homemade 4-ingredient dressing is a perfect side dish to any main course.

📝 Ingredients

• 6 cups mixed leafy greens
• 1 large Honeycrisp apple (thinly sliced)
• 1 small red onion (thinly sliced)
• 1/2 cup dried cherries
• 1/3 cup pecans
• 1/3 cup goat cheese (I used crumbled herb goat cheese)
• The juice from 1 lemon
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons cherry preserves
• 1/2 cup fresh raspberries
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Gather all of your ingredients, then place the lettuce mixed greens in a large platter or bowl.
2. 2Top with the sliced apples, sliced onions, dried cherries, pecans, and goat cheese. Squeeze lemon over the salad - it keeps the apples from browning.
3. 3To make the Raspberry Vinaigrette, combine the olive oil, cherry preserves, raspberries, and red wine vinegar in a food processor or blender. Blend on high until a smooth, pinkish-red mixture forms. Add more cherry preserves for flavor or sweetness if desired.
4. 4For ease of serving, transfer the vinaigrette to a small pitcher to pour over the salad. Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad and toppings. Note: You don't have to use all of the salad dressing - use just enough to suit your taste, and save the rest for another salad.