Winter Salad with Seven Grain Crispy Tenders

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This delicious winter salad is packed with mixed greens, red onions, tart green apples, and topped with walnuts, dried cranberries, and blue cheese crumbles. Its paired with filling seven grain crispy tenders, making it the perfect lightened up lunch.

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Winter salad with apples, blue cheese, and crispy tenders

I love a good salad, especially when paired with fruit and cheese. That combination over a bed of fresh greens gets me every time. But the true star of this winter salad is the Gardein® Seven Grain Crispy Tenders. They round out the salad and make it an easy meal solution that is good for our bodies and the planet. 

We like Gardein products because they are non-GMO project verified and we don’t have to sacrifice taste and texture to eat a plant based meal. We are not vegetarians, but I do try and incorporate meatless meals into our meal rotation. Which is why sharing this recipe with you on Meatless Monday is perfect.

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We have enjoyed and shared about Gardein products before and have nothing but good things to say about their products. They taste great, are easy to make, and fill us up. Gardein’s wide variety of products are also free from MSG, trans fats, PHOs, artificial colors of flavors, preservatives, and cholesterol.

Their products are made with a combination of nutritious vegetables & grain ingredients (soy, wheat, ancient grains, peas, beets, and carrots) that make them a great option when trying to replace meat buy still offer a protein to your family.

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You may also like: Winter Fruit Salad

Where do I find Gardein products?

I picked everything for this winter salad recipe at my local Sprouts. They had a large selection of Gardein products in their freezer section. I picked up their Gardein Seven Grain Crispy Tenders and Gardein Mandarin Orange Crispy Chick’n.

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I love the fresh produce at Sprouts and they also have a good selection of vegan cheeses if you want to swap out the blue cheese for a non-dairy alternative. 

What to serve with this vegetarian winter salad recipe?

I love salad paired with a warm soup like Creamy Tomato Basil Soup or Instant Pot Minestrone Soup. It is also delicious with a big chunk of Whole Wheat French Bread.

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Winter Salad with Seven Grain Crispy Tenders

Aileen Clark
This delicious winter salad is packed with mixed greens, red onions, tart green apples, and topped with walnuts, raisons, and blue cheese crumbles. Its paired with filling seven grain crispy tenders, making it the perfect lightened up lunch.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Course Main Dish Recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 2 servings
Calories 729 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Gardein Seven Grain Crispy Tenders
  • 1 5-ounce bag mixed greens
  • 1/2 red onion sliced
  • 1/2 green apple cut into strips
  • 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles or vegan blue cheese
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup walnut pieces
  • 1/3 cup balsamic vinaigrette

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 430°F.
  • Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or foil.
  • Place crispy tenders on baking sheet and bake in oven for 18 minutes, flipping after 9 minutes.
    Crispy tenders on a baking sheet.
  • Combine the mixed greens, onion, apple, blue cheese, cranberries and walnuts in a large bowl. Toss to mix.
    Mixed greens next to all ingredients for winter salad.
  • Seperate salad into two bowls, drizzle with balsamic vinaigrette and top with crispy tenders.
    A white bowl filled with winter salad and crispy tenders on white counter.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/2 salad + 2 crispy tendersCalories: 729kcalCarbohydrates: 58gProtein: 31gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 31gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 1624mgFiber: 5gSugar: 25g
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