These healthy salad has crisp apples, crunchy shaved radishes, pecans, fresh citrus, and more!

Apple Manchego Salad in Wooden Bowl

As much as I mumble and groan sometimes about salad (I get tired of it if I eat it too often), there are also times when I just love a big bowl of leafy greens with all sorts of vibrant, colorful ingredients.

I couldn’t stop photographing the radishes I bought because they are just so ridiculously beautiful.

Red Radish Bunch on Cutting Board

I try to think of salad as kind of like an ice cream sundae, but healthy and made with nature’s jewels. You take a base of leafy greens and add whatever toppings you want to it.

It may not taste like a creamy delicious bowl of ice cream, but sometimes a salad can be truly delicious. Pick ingredients that go brilliantly together and be generous with them, and I think you can truly rave about a salad.

Shaved Radish on Wooden Board

This salad is made with spring mix, shaved radish, tangerine segments, apple cubes, pecans, and manchego, and I think they all pair really well together, not to mention the fact that they make for a vibrant and colorful salad.

Here’s the recipe!

Spring Salad with Apple and Manchego

Spring Salad with Apple and Manchego

Servings: 2 easily doubles, triples, etc
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
 These healthy salad has crisp apples, crunchy shaved radishes, pecans, fresh citrus, and more!
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Ingredients

  • 2 handfuls of spring mix
  • 2 baby radishes
  • 1/2 a crisp apple
  • 1 tangerine
  • 1/4 cup toasted pecans
  • 1/4 cup cubed manchego cheese
  • 2 tbsp balsamic vinaigrette
  • salt and pepper

Instructions 

  • Slice the radishes super thin with a mandolin (you can also use a knife if you don’t have a mandolin. This is the mandolin I use)
  • Cube the apple (here’s a video for it if you don’t know how). Segment the tangerine (here’s another video on how to do that).
  • Toss all of the ingredients together and taste a piece of lettuce. Add salt and pepper if necessary.

Nutrition

Calories: 193kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 14mg, Sodium: 288mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 10g

Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Author: Joanne Ozug