chopped winter salad
This Chopped Winter Salad with apples, celery, radishes and carrots is colorful, crunchy and clean-eating friendly! I am re-sharing it today and I have a bit of cool stuff to share about the health benefits of apple cider vinegar, which I used in the shallot cider vinegar dressing on this salad.
I originally shared this recipe on February 15, 2012. I have updated the images and some of the text today.
My kids call this Chopped Winter Salad “goodies salad” because it is more goodies than greens. This is the basic recipe, but it is really fun to play around with the ingredients. We don’t seem to get sick of it. Especially in the winter we enjoy some variation of this chopped salad with a zippy apple cider vinaigrette.
What Is Chopped Salad
Chopped salad is a salad made up of several finely chopped ingredients. The salad greens are usually chopped lettuce. The ingredients that are added are often cut into dices. Then the salad is mixed together and served tossed with the dressing.
There are many chain “chopped” salad restaurants that are now speckeled across the country that specialize in design your own salad. Often the chef’s will chop the ingredients together on a cutting board before tossing it all in a big bowl with your dressing of choice.
About this Chopped Winter Salad
This winter salad is made with ingredients that are in season in the winter or are good storing crops.
- apple
- Radicchio
- escarole
- Romaine lettuce
- celery hearts
- carrots
- radishes
How To Serve This Chopped Salad
To make it a meal, try adding chopped hard boiled egg or flaked salmon.
Or we like it with fennel, sunflower seeds and orange zest.
Or even better goat cheese and toasted walnuts!
Or try chunks of cheddar cheese if you like.
Recently we had it with lasagna one night and the other night we had it with pork tenderloin with apples. I always love to fill my plate with it!
QUESTIONS
Do you refer to the cut up veggies and such in a salad the “Goodies” the way my kids do?
If you make this recipe (or another from this site) make sure you give a shout out on instagram! Tag me @healthyseasonal so I am able to see it.
Happy Cooking!
~Katie
Printchopped winter salad
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: American
Description
Chopped Winter Salad with escarole and Romaine lettuce, apple, celery, radishes and cider vinegar shallot dressing.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons minced shallot, about 1 small
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon honey (or agave for a vegan option)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 apple, cored and diced
- ½ head chopped Radicchio
- 6 cups chopped escarole
- 4 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
- ½ cup finely diced celery hearts
- ½ cup finely diced carrots
- ½ cup finely diced radishes
Instructions
- Puree vinegar, olive oil, shallot, Dijon, honey, salt and pepper in blender, mini food processor or with immersion blender. Combine apple, radicchio, escarole, Romaine, celery, carrots and radishes in a large bowl. Drizzle the dressing over the vegetables and toss to coat.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cups
- Calories: 106
- Sugar: 6
- Sodium: 351 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 10
- Fiber: 4
- Protein: 2
Here are some of the original images associated with this blog post.
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Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing
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I love these heartier salads! This is a great salad for winter.
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This chopped salad has jumped to the top of my lunch list! It is so fresh and flavorful, loved it!
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This is such an amazing and flavorful salad! Everyone at my house really loved it!
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I have bene making this for years! It’s so good. I love a chopped salad!
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Great salad, everyone loved it! I added more honey to dressing, used Arugula instead of radicchio and escarole.
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Thank you Maureen. I am so glad you liked it!
I love the combination of apples and radishes in this salad. A little spicy with some sweet and the added crunch is perfect!
Yes!! I love the crunch in this salad! Thank you for coming by Megan.
I’m a long time fan of raw apple cider vinegar (I use Braggs). When I drink it, as you described, every day faithfully, I don’t get colds. (I use local honey for the anti-allergy properties.)
There is nothing better than chopped salad. It takes a tiny bit more effort, but it is totally worth it.
I love the idea of using real food to prevent needing meds! That’s such a great testimonial to ACV. Thanks for sharing Amanda. Have a great day.
What a gorgeous looking salad! Salad isn’t something I really associate with winter, but this one totally makes sense. Yum!
Hi Elizabeth. Glad to hear it! Have a great day.
Thank you for the 411 on cider! I had no idea. Love the chopped salad recipe, too.
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for coming by! Have a great day.
Katie – thank you for this – I’ve been taking a teaspoon or two of ACV every so often, I knew it was good for me but I had no clue it was THIS good for me! Loved reading about it’s use with farmers too! And – this salad – I’m see why your kids in calling this a goodies salad – delicious!
BTW – after reading several of your posts on how pumped you are to be doing Bodypump, I signed up for Les Mills on Demand – and am totally addicted to Bodypump and BodyCombat – thanks for the intro, my friend!
That’s so great to hear you’re already taking apple cider vinegar. And yippee about BodyPump. I haven’t tried the on-demand version yet, but that is such a great option for people who can’t make it to the gym to do it.
[quote name=lynn]i find that when things get chopped, they get eaten! my husband (a george school grad) pointed me to your blog – so glad he did![/quote]Lynn,
I know what you mean about chopping. My kids will eat anything off of my cutting board. I am so glad you found me!
i find that when things get chopped, they get eaten! my husband (a george school grad) pointed me to your blog – so glad he did!