Chicken: Apple Chicken Sausage Salad with Cinnamon Vinaigrette

Source: Taste of Home

Flavors are amazing; so refreshing and pretty presentation

Ingredients

  • 4 slices cinnamon raisin bread (see note below)
  • 1 pkg. (4) fully cooked apple chicken sausages, sliced
  • 10 oz. pkg. spring mix salad greens
  • 2 c. Bartlett pears, sliced
  • 1/2 c. chopped walnuts, toasted
  • 1/2 c. dried cherries

Cinnamon Vinaigrette

  • 1/3 c. olive oil
  • 3 Tbls. apple cider vinegar
  • 2 t. honey
  • 1/2 t. ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 t. sea salt
  • dash of pepper

Instructions

Dressing: combine olive oil, cider vinegar, honey, cinnamon, sea salt and pepper in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake until blended. Set aside until ready to dress the salads.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut each slice of bread into 12 cubes; scatter over a 15x10-inch baking pan. Bake until toasted (8-10 minutes), stirring halfway through. Cool 5 minutes.

In a nonstick skillet, cook the sausage slices over medium heat until browned and heated through. Cut into thin slices.

Divide salad greens among 4 dinner-size plates; divide sausage slices among each plate. Top with pear slices, walnuts, cherries and croutons.

Shake dressing again; spoon over salads and serve immediately.

NOTE: I use al fresno Sweet Apple Chicken Sausages. I also use a good artisan cinnamon walnut raisin bread (from the Breadsmith in Appleton)