Fall Apple Chicken Salad With Maple Mustard Vinaigrette - cooking recipe

Ingredients

for the vinaigrette
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons real maple syrup
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons grainy old fashioned mustard
1 small shallot, finely minced
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1/4 cup olive oil
for the salad
8 cups mixed salad greens
4 chicken breasts, cooked and thinly sliced (optional)
4 ounces goat cheese
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/4 cup dried cranberries
2 crisp apples or 2 pears, thinly sliced

Preparation

whisk the vinaigrette ingredients together in a small bowl or place them in a mason jar and shake.
divide the salad greens among four bowls. top each with a chicken breast (optional), 1 ounce crumbled goat cheese, 1 tablespoon almonds, 1 tablespoon cranberries, and half an apple. top with vinaigrette.