Kale, Apple & Goat Cheese Salad with Granola “Croutons”

40 min Prep: 25 min Cook: 15 min
Serves: 4 Save

Ingredients (20)

  • 1 cup Quaker Old-Fashioned Oats
  • ½ cup roughly chopped pecans
  • ½ cup raw pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds)
  • ½ cup raw sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper
  • 1 large egg white, beaten
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon smooth Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
  • Hefty pinch of fine sea salt 
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 large bunch or 2 small bunches (12 ounces) curly green kale 
  • 1 medium Honeycrisp, Granny Smith or Fuji apple
  • 2 ounces chilled goat cheese, crumbled (about 1/2 cup)
  • 1/4 cup chopped dried cranberries

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