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# Healthy Eating Recipes: Autumn Salad
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/autumn_salad_0131110756/
- Published: 2011-01-31T20:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:54:43.000Z
- Description: Toss mixed greens with thinly sliced Granny Smith apple, dried cranberries, walnuts and sunflower seeds, then dress lightly with low-fat raspberry vinaigrette. Six servings at 138 calories each, ready in 10 minutes. From NHLBI's Keep the Beat.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Vegetable Side Dish, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

Fruit and nuts make this salad a fun starter or side to most main-dish meals . . . and it can be served year round!

*Recipe Source: Deliciously Healthy Dinners*

Prep time Cook time Yields Serving Size

10 minutes 0 minutes 6 servings 1 C salad

**Ingredients**

1 Granny Smith apple, rinsed and sliced thinly (with skin)

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1 bag mixed lettuce greens (or your favorite lettuce) (about 5 C), rinsed

1/2 C dried cranberries

1/4 C walnuts, chopped

1/4 C unsalted sunflower seeds

1/3 C low-fat raspberry vinaigrette dressing

**Directions**

1, Sprinkle lemon juice on the apple slices.

2, Mix the lettuce, cranberries, apple, walnuts, and sunflower seeds in a bowl.

3, Toss with raspberry vinaigrette dressing, to lightly cover the salad, and serve.

**Nutrition Facts**

calories 138

Total fat 7 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Sodium 41 mg

Total fiber 3 g

Protein 3 g

Carbohydrates 19 g

Potassium 230 mg

*Recipe courtesy of Keep the Beat™, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.*

*™Keep the Beat is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.*