Recipes

Thanksgiving recipes don’t need to be loaded with heavy and highly processed ingredients. The best part of Thanksgiving is that it connects us with not only our friends and family, but brings us back to eating home-cooked meals, even if it is only for one night. I have gathered 22 thanksgiving recipes from the blog-o-sphere that have a healthy twist. Enjoy and eat guilt-free.

Salads are usually synonymous with the summer time but autumn has incredible salad combos that can’t be missed this holiday.

Honey Crisp Apple Salad with Candied Walnuts and Sweet Spiced Cider Vinaigrette

The Source: The Cozy Apron

Serves about 4 people

What you need:

2 heads frisee, chopped into bite-size pieces
4 cups wild arugula
1 cup candied walnuts
2 large Honey Crisp apples, sliced into thin matchsticks
Spiced Cider Vinaigrette (recipe below)

Get to it: Salad

In a large bowl, add the frisee, arugula, walnuts and about half of the matchstick-sliced apples, and drizzle lightly with some of the Spiced Cider Vinaigrette; add equal portions of the salad to bowls or plates, and then top each salad with equal portions of the remaining matchstick-sliced apples and another generous drizzle of the vinaigrette; serve as is, or garnish with a few additional candied walnuts.

What you need: Spiced Cider Vinaigrette

¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 ½ tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons walnuts, lightly chopped (you can use candied or plain)
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon plus a pinch salt
Pinch cumin
Pinch curry powder
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons canola oil

Add all ingredients through the curry powder into the bowl of a food processor, and process until everything is well combined and smooth; with the processor running, slowly drizzle in the oil and continue to process until the vinaigrette is well emulsified and blended.

(*This makes about 1 cup, so you may have additional dressing left over which you can store in the fridge.)

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