Panera Fuji Apple Salad Copycat
Made with apples, dried cranberries, pecans, feta cheese, and red onions, this Panera Fuji apple salad copycat tastes just like the real thing!
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It’s officially fall, and I have a roadside fruit stand that I pass almost every single day. He’s got delicious apples and peaches right now, and I can’t get enough!
So, with fall fruit on my mind, enjoy this Panera copycat-ish Apple Salad
Remember how I like to copy salads from my favorite restaurants??! This was doubly inspired by finding the Panera Bread Fuji Apple salad dressing in my local grocery store. While this was not a low calorie option, it was delicious! But also, If I was trying to save calories, I would have used one of my favorite low calorie sugar free poppyseed dressings instead.
Variations For this Panera salad
- I replaced the gorgonzola with feta cheese (because I don’t like the taste of gorgonzola),
- I used the Ocean Spray dried cranberries that are 50% less sugar. (amazon link here)
- I skipped the apple chips, (but if you want to get them, Panera uses the Seneca brand ones like this)
- And although I love tomatoes, Panera uses them on this salad, which I think is kind of weird!
- Also, you should definitely add chicken if you want this to be a high protein salad!
Alternative Dressings
I was able to find the Fuji Apple Vinaigrette dressing at my local Walmart, but I also love this salad with
- G Hughes sugar free poppyseed dressing
- G Hughes sugar free Raspberry vinaigrette
- Skinny Girl Poppyseed dressing
- Or, the Panera poppyseed dressing
What to serve this with for a healthy diet
Serve this salad with a main course of chicken, steak, or pork.
Panera Copycat Fuji Apple Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups Lettuce (Red salad bowl & Flashy Lettuce)
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries 50% reduced sugar
- 1/2 ounce pecans
- 25 g red onion
- 50 g apple slices
- 1/4 cup fat free feta cheese
- 1 tablespoon Panera Fuji Apple Salad Dressing
Instructions
Substitutions I made
- – Panera uses dried apple chips in addition to fresh apples,
- -They use Gorgonzola cheese instead of feta (*but FETA IS SO MUCH TASTIER), and
- they have tomatoes in theirs. (the calories and macros are for the recipe I have as written above)
Optional
- Top with chicken!
- Use any sweet salad dressing like my favorite: poppyseed
Nutrition
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