MAPLE DIJON VINAIGRETTE

  

This salad dressing is easy, fast, and delicious!  Enjoy!!

Maple Dijon Vinaigrette

1/2 cup good quality olive oil
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 T maple syrup
2 t Dijon mustard
1/4 t salt
1/4 t black pepper
Whisk together, refrigerate leftovers

Glazed nuts

2 cups  chopped pecans, walnuts, almonds (or a mixture is fine!)
1 T butter or margarine
1 T sugar

Melt butter over low heat in a small skillet, add nuts.  Cook 3-4 minutes until nuts are toasted, stir occasionally.  Add sugar and heat until nuts are glazed, 1-2 minutes.  Store leftovers in a tightly covered container.

Here's what I used for the salad pictured:

Spinach, (use your favorite greens)
Crumbled bleu cheese (feta would be great)
Sliced apple with skin (pears would be good)
Glazed nuts

So many other ingredients you could add in, dried cranberries, mandarin oranges, lean protein, eggs.......