Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing is a great salad dressing for a salad with seasonal produce like this Autumn Harvest Salad. The Vinaigrette has flavors from Black Cherry Jam, Pumpkin Honey Mustard, and extra virgin olive oil which all create the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity.
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OMG... This Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe is super delicious. This Vinaigrette is fruity from the Black Cherry Jam which is the star of this salad dressing. The other flavors help to create the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity. I use Pumpkin Honey Mustard to go along with the Fall seasonal products, but as an alternative you can also use Dijon mustard.
When I was creating this recipe, I of course kept in mind to use all our wonderful tasty products, but at the same time, giving you the options to substitute any of those ingredients with products that you already have in your pantry.
The Autumn Harvest Salad
The Autumn Harvest Salad is packed with a lot of fresh seasonal produce adding different layers and textures of flavor. When you read through the ingredients, it may sound like a lot, but chopping them all up takes no time at all, and they all really complement each other. This salad screams “Autumn Harvest!”
It was a difficult decision for me to pick which crunchy element I wanted. Should I select pomegranate seeds? or walnuts? or pumpkin seeds (pepitas)? Well, I ended up using all of them:)... It is completely up to you if you want to use them all like me, or just a few, or just one. Difficult decision, isn’t it?
The Story behind the Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing on Autumn Harvest Salad
When I started to set up this photo shoot, my only initial idea was to create a contrast between a stunning bowl, the background, and the colorful ingredients. But as I played with different setups, along the way my imagination transported me to a desolate area of the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee inside an old, spooky haunted cabin. I am all alone, waiting for Geoffrey to come back from the town with the groceries and other provisions. It was dusk when he left, but now it is dark outside with no moonlight or stars to give any comfort. I am too afraid to go outside. A cold wind is screaming through the trees, and whistles through the cracks in the cabin door. In the distance I can hear some weird animal noises that I’ve never heard before. Inside the cabin I don't have electricity - just a few lanterns, and a few pieces of wood burning in the fireplace. I’m safe, for now.
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Because I’m too scared to go outside to get more firewood and cook a hot dinner, I decide to make an Autumn Harvest Salad with some ingredients leftover from lunch. This salad is the easiest thing I can do under these frightening circumstances. I took a bowl and added some mixed greens, already cooked bulgur, and I topped the salad with dumpling squash, avocado, dragon fruit, carrots, blue cheese, cherry tomatoes, and green onion. Then, I sprinkled some chopped walnut, pomegranate seed and toasted salted pumpkin seed on top.
Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing
For the Cherry Vinaigrette dressing, I use Black Cherry Jam, olive oil, red wine vinegar, Pumpkin Honey Mustard, and two teaspoons of Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Put all the ingredients in a mason jar, shake until combined. Just as I pour the dressing over the Autumn Harvest Salad, a car drives up the long winding road to the cabin. Boy I sure hope it’s Geoffrey!
This salad is great for your next Halloween party with your friends or family. I hope you enjoyed my little spooky adventure.
For more salads, check out our complete salad listing, including these new additions:
- The Perfect Ratio for a Traditional Vinaigrette
- Summer Stone Fruit Caprese Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes
- Greek Salad Recipe with Feta Mousse.
Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing on Autumn Harvest Salad
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing is fruity from the Black Cherry Jam combined with Pumpkin Honey Mustard. The extra virgin olive oil helps to create the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity. Great salad dressing for a salad with seasonal produce from the Autumn season.
Ingredients
For the Salad:
- 1 package salad mix green
- 1 apple, thinly sliced
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- ½ cup yellow cherry tomato
- ½ cup red cherry tomato
- ¼ cup pumpkin seed
- 2 Tablespoons blue cheese
- ¼ cup green onion
- 4 bacon strips, cooked and crumble
- ½ cup dragon fruit, peeled and sliced
- 1 avocado
- 1 dumpling squash
- 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
- 2 Tablespoons Greek EVOO
- ¼ cup pomegranate seeds - optional
- ¼ cup pumpkin seed - optional
- ¼ cup walnut, chopped - optional
For Bulgur:
- 1 cup uncooked bulgur
- 2 cups of water
- 1 teaspoon salt
For Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing:
- ½ cup Black Cherry Jam
- 4 Tablespoons Greek EVOO
- 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Pumpkin Honey Mustard
- ¼ teaspoon Sea salt
- ⅙ teaspoon pepper
- ½ lemon
Instructions
- Pre-heated oven at 380F degrees
- Cut squash lengthwise and drizzle Pumpkin Spice Syrup, 1 Tablespoon olive oil Oil, salt and Ras El Hanout.
- Cook for 30 minutes. Wait to cool down for about 5 minutes.
- In a medium sauce pan, add 1 Tablespoon olive oil and toasted bulgur for about 2 minutes. Add the 2 cups of hot water. Bring to a quick boil. Then reduce to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes. Wait to cool down for about 5 minutes
- In a large bowl combine the salad ingredients.
- In a separate small bowl whisk vinaigrette ingredients until blended.
- Pour the vinaigrette dressing over the salad.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Salad Dressing
- Cuisine: American
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Scarlet
oooo, that cherry vinaigrette dressing sounds divine and perfect for a fall salad. Yummy!
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Yes, that cherry vinaigrette is a wonderful dressing for this and any salad. Do give it a try.
Haley D. Williams
Wow there is so much flavor in this salad. I love every bite!
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
We love making solid waste a lot of different flavors and textures.
Sarah Pyle
The colors are so beautiful and the dressing is amazing!! Who knew you could have such vibrant flavors from fall fruits and vegetables?!?
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Exactly. Having different colors and textures in a salad is most important, even for fall fruits and vegetables
Anita
Your photos of the salad is super pretty. I love all the fruits and vegetables in this. I've never tried adding dragon fruit into salad before, but after seeing this, I must remember to buy some if I see them in the grocery.
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Dragging fruit is a wonderful, unique ingredients that will help make the salad pop. So happy you are going to give it a try.
Kelly Anthony
What a beautiful salad this is with so many fresh ingredients. This is exactly what I'm looking for when it comes to a yummy salad.
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Thank you Kelly. We love making salads that have a variety of different ingredients.
Laura
This salad is absolutely beautiful!
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Thank you so much Laura!
Anita
That dressing sounds mighty awesome. Cherries, pumpkin, garlic, honey mustard, red wine. Yum. I bet it will be delicious with all sort of salad.
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Agreed Anita. You can use this vinaigrette on a lot of different kinds of salad. All up to you.
Karen @ Seasonal Cravings
I love making different vinaigrettes like this with whole food ingredients. It's a great way to spice up an everyday salad.
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Different vinaigrettes do give the same salad new life.
Erika
Cherry vinaigrette sounds amazing. This is the perfect Fall salad.
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Yes Erika, you will love the cherry vinaigrette. Hope you have had a chance to make this salad and dressing.
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness
This screams fall!!! This is my first Thanksgiving in the US, so I am looking for some great fall recipes to serve next week. This looks perfect!!
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
So sorry we didn't reply to your message before Thanksgiving Cathleen. How was it? Where did you move from that this was your first Thanksgiving?
Tammy
What a gorgeous salad for the season! I like having hearty feel-good recipes like this for the holidays to keep some balance with all the baking haha...saving this one! :)
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
SO glad you like this salad Tammy. Yes, with all the baking going on, it's nice to have a salad every now and then.