Summer Salads: Maple Vinaigrette
This Maple Vinaigrette is sweet, tangy and so delicious! Drizzle over your favourite green salad. This salad is especially good with chunks of fresh mango and feta cheese!
On May Long Weekend we went to stay at my parent’s house on the lake. We were hoping for a warm and fun weekend, and we were not disappointed! For the first time in recent memory, we did not have a snowfall on May Long! Whew. Instead, we were treated to spectacular warm weather and fabulous food! What a great time! My mom, as usual, fed us well! The highlight for me, was this Maple Vinaigrette Salad. So so good. A flavour explosion in my mouth! Really.
This dressing is sweet and tangy and full of delicious maple flavour. Serve it over a simple green salad, and toss in fresh chunks of mango, feta cheese and pecans. Such a good salad.
Recipe Tips:
- This recipe makes a big batch of dressing, so you can keep it for up to a week in the fridge.
- Use real maple syrup, not the fake stuff!
Maple Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
This Maple Vinaigrette is sweet, tangy and so delicious! Drizzle over your favourite green salad. This salad is especially good with chunks of fresh mango and feta cheese!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 1/4 cups 1x
- Category: Salad
Ingredients
Maple Vinaigrette: (a recipe from my Mom)
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup (the real stuff!)
- 1 tbsp water (add more if you feel it needs it)
- 1 tsp dry mustard
- 1 tsp salt
Salad:
- Romaine lettuce (or Green Leaf or Butter Lettuce torn into bite-sized pieces)
- 1 or 2 mangoes (cut up into bite-sized chunks)
- Feta cheese (crumbled)
- 1/4 – 1/2 red onion (sliced thin)
- 1 cup pecans
Instructions
- Blend together the vinegar, oil, sugar, syrup, water, mustard and salt.
- Toss with lettuce, mango, onion, cheese and pecans.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Save the dressing in your fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Keywords: maple vinaigrette
Scrumptious!
This sounds wonderful, I love mangoes. New follower from Wandering Wednesday.
I want to make this! Another delicious salad recipe you had hiding up your sleeve 😉 I bet the
mustard gives perfect amount of “kick”
XO
Delighted Momma
One of my favourite summer salads is very similar to yours. Due to a nut allergy I can’t add the pecans so I use hulled sunflower seeds (and add some fresh strawberries too). Truly delicious! I’ve been on the lookout for a homemade Maple Balsamic dressing so I was thrilled to see you had one!!! I can’t wait to give it a try. Thanks!
Oh how yummy! I love any salad with mangoes and pecans. Looks delicious! I’m stockpiling all of your salad recipes 🙂
Star Hughes Living
Thanks for sharing! This looks super yummy! I am stopping by from the Strut Your Stuff Link Party. I am your newest follower and cannot wait to read more:) I would love to have you stop by my blog when you have a chance!
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I would love to invite you over to THIS WEEK’S CRAVINGS linky party for Summer Salads. This recipe would be perfect, we hope you stop by and link it up! Thanks a million!
http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-weeks-cravings-30-summer-salads.html
You just made my day! Loooove these.
I would love to invite you over to THIS WEEK’S CRAVINGS linky party for Summer Salads.
Thanks for sharing