Enjoy an assortment of fall-inspired flavors and ingredients in one recipe! This Fall Harvest Salad uses seasonal produce and crispy salad ingredients with nuts, seeds, dried cranberries, and crumbled feta cheese.
Top it with a homemade honey mustard vinaigrette and serve it to your family this Thanksgiving!
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- Fall Harvest Salad is incredibly easy to make. The roasted sweet potatoes and honey mustard vinaigrette can be made ahead of time too!
- This salad is a stunning side dish - perfect for a special occasion like Thanksgiving.
- Discover unlimited ways to vary this Fall Harvest Salad. Ideal for your family’s food preferences.
Enjoy seasonal produce at its best this fall with this Fall Harvest Salad!
🛒 Ingredients
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Fall salad ingredients
Note: The full list of this fresh Fall Salad with Roasted sweet Potato recipe ingredients with their amounts and options are listed in the recipe card below.
- baby lettuce mix
- dried cranberries
- feta cheese
- honeycrisp apple
- walnuts
- red onion
- roasted pumpkin seeds
- sweet potato
- avocado OR olive oil
- kosher salt
- black pepper
Honey mustard vinaigrette dressing
- red wine vinegar
- avocado oil - may also use olive oil
- honey
- Dijon mustard
- garlic
- kosher salt
- black pepper
🗒 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Prepare the sweet potato by peeling and cubing them into ½- inch cubes.
- Season the sweet potatoes and coat in oil. Lay the sweet potato cubes in a single layer in the air fryer basket.
- Add the potatoes to the preheated air fryer and cook for 10-12 minutes. Shake the basket mid-cook.
- Prepare the vinaigrette by combining the dressing ingredients into a mixing bowl.
- Whisk the dressing until fully mixed.
- Add the spring mix lettuce to a large salad bowl or serving tray and top with the salad ingredients.
- Pour the honey mustard dressing over the salad.
- Serve the salad immediately once assembled.
🔪 Equipment
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You’ll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- Sharp knife
- air fryer or oven
- cutting board
- measuring spoons
- liquid measuring cup
- dry measuring cups
- mixing bowls
🤔 FAQs
These are the questions we are most frequently asked about making our ultimate autumn harvest salad recipe.
There are four basic salad types, including green salads, vegetable salads, pasta salads, and fruit salads. Some of these salads can also include ingredients such as legumes, grains, and meat.
Salads can easily be made to taste more flavorful by adding a salad dressing or vinaigrette, making sure the salad is seasoned, giving the salad extra texture with seeds and nuts, or including other ingredients such as fresh herbs, whole grains, beans, and legumes.
Turning a salad into a filling meal is easy when you add meat, eggs, cheese, tofu, beans, nuts, and various grains.
A typical salad starts with raw greens, such as lettuce, spinach, kale, mixed greens or arugula. Then you can also add several other raw vegetables. Some popular raw vegetable toppings include tomatoes, chopped carrots, onions, cucumbers, celery, mushrooms and broccoli.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- This salad can easily be doubled if you plan to serve it to a larger crowd or want to enjoy it as a main meal.
- Leftover honey mustard vinaigrette can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. Give it a good shake before using it in freshly assembled salads.
- This fall harvest salad is stunning. Serve it on a plain white plate to show off the bright colors of the salad ingredients.
- Always wash the fresh salad ingredients well to reduce the chance of any residue grit getting into your assembled salad.
📚 Variations
- Consider adding other fresh fruit in this salad such as sliced peaches.
- I’ve used Honeycrisp apples but you can use any other brand that you enjoy the most.
- Spring mix lettuce is a great option for getting a variety of greens in one bag but you can also combine your favorite lettuce with a mixture of fresh baby spinach, fresh kale, and arugula.
- This fall harvest salad recipe wouldn’t be complete with the use of pumpkin seeds and walnuts but feel free to experiment with other seeds and nuts too. You could leave the seeds and nuts raw or roast them for extra depth of flavor.
- Easily turn this fall harvest salad into a main meal by including some shredded chicken or turkey.
- Provide extra crunch to your salad by adding some baked croutons just before serving. Don’t add the croutons too early on otherwise they can get soft from the other fresh ingredients.
- Crumbled goat cheese, blue cheese, and gorgonzola are great alternatives to feta cheese.
- Make this salad vegan by omitting the cheese and using maple syrup instead of honey in the vinaigrette.
🥫 Storage
Leftover fall harvest salad can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Storing your salad any longer than this can result in the fresh ingredients becoming soggy and wilted.
📗 Related Recipes
Salads don’t have to be boring. These other salads will prove just that!
- Italian Summer Salad With Basil Dressing - This summer salad is a crispy mixture of romaine lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, radicchio, scallions, peperoncini, roasted sunflower seeds, shaved pecorino cheese and a fresh basil dressing.
- Arugula Salad - This nutritious and delicious recipe is an exciting salad with loads of peppery green flavor.
- Italian Antipasto Caprese Salad - This classic salad is made with soft, creamy fresh mozzarella cheese, juicy summer plump tomatoes, and fresh fragrant sweet basil.
🍽 Serve with
This fall-inspired salad is a great addition to the table as a starter or side dish for Thanksgiving turkey, Sunday roasts, and casserole meals.
If you intend enjoying this salad as a light lunch, consider serving it with some garlic bread or crackers.
📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
Fall is probably my favorite season! The weather starts to cool down and it’s time for celebration and eating great food like homemade apple pie, all kinds of pumpkin treats, and succulent Thanksgiving turkey.
Something often overlooked is a fall-inspired salad but don’t worry because I have you covered with this incredibly delicious and vibrant Fall Harvest Salad!
Autumn is a great time for colorful delicious vegetables, that's why we can't wait to make our Caramelized Brussels Sprouts recipe for our holiday dinners. Everyone simply loves the flavor and textures of the Brussels sprouts, cranberries, bacon, and toasted pecan combination.
Along with a delicious Fall salad that features sweet potatoes, make a delicious drool worthy Sweet Potato Pie with Marshmallow Topping Recipe. Your family and guest will thank you.
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📝 Recipe Card
Fall Harvest Salad is a delicious combination of roasted sweet potatoes, juicy crisp apples, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, assorted greens, crumbled feta, and a honey mustard vinaigrette. Add it to your Thanksgiving menu or enjoy it as a light meal with garlic bread or crackers.
If you love this recipe please give it 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
📖 Recipe
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Equipment Needed
- Air fryer ** may also use your oven, see notes.
Ingredients
Harvest Salad Ingredients:
- 5.5 ounces spring mix lettuce
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ½ cup feta cheese crumbled
- 1 large honeycrisp apple sliced
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
- ½ red onion sliced
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds roasted
- 1 large sweet potatoes cubed
- 1 Tablespoon avocado oil may use olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Honey Mustard Vinaigrette Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
- ½ cup avocado oil may also use olive
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Air Fryer roasting the sweet potato: (see notes for making in oven)
- Peel and cube the sweet potatoes into ½-inch cubes. Transfer the potatoes to a bowl and add the Tablespoon of oil and seasonings. Toss them well so that the oil and seasoning covers the cubes.
- Preheat the air fryer to 400℉. Add the seasoned potatoes to the air fryer and lay them out in a single layer. Cook for 10-12 minutes or until crispy. Shake the basket at the 6 minute mark. Remove from the air fryer ad set aside.
The salad:
- Add the spring mix lettuce to a large salad bowl and top with the salad ingredients including the sweet potatoes. (You may also arrange the salad on a platter.)
- Prepare the vinaigrette by putting all the ingredients into a small mixing bowl. Whisk the ingredients until fully mixed.
- Pour the dressing on top of the prepared salad and serve immediately
Notes
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Preheat the oven to 425°F. Transfer the sweet potatoes to a large parchment lined sheet pan. You can also add the olive oil and seasonings on the sheet pan.
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Spread evenly so they do not overlap. Cook for 25-30 minutes. Flip every 10-15 minutes for even cooking.
- This salad can easily be doubled if you plan to serve it to a larger crowd or want to enjoy it as a main meal.
- Leftover honey mustard vinaigrette can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. Give it a good shake before using it in freshly assembled salads.
- This fall harvest salad is stunning. Serve it on a plain white plate to show off the bright colors of the salad ingredients.
- Always wash the fresh salad ingredients well to reduce the chance of any residue grit getting into your assembled salad.
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