Autumn Harvest Honeycrisp Apple Salad

Ingredients

- 6 servings +

• 5 cups fresh baby arugula and mixed baby greens, washed and spun dry
• 2 medium Honeycrisp apples, cored and thinly sliced into crescents
• 4 oz creamy goat cheese (chèvre), crumbled into bite-sized clumps
• 0.67 cup candied pecans or glazed walnuts, roughly chopped
• ½ cup ruby dried cranberries, unsweetened or lightly sweetened
• ⅓ cup roasted salted pumpkin seeds (pepitas), for crunchy texture
• ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil, cold pressed
• 3 tbsp raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar, with the mother
• 2 tbsp pure Grade A maple syrup, warm
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard, for emulsion and tang
• 1 small clove garlic, finely grated or pressed
• ½ tsp kosher salt, to taste
• ¼ tsp freshly cracked black pepper, to taste