Our cran-apple buckwheat salad can make its debut as an appetizer or a side dish, dealers choice. You can even eat it as your meal if you just want a light lunch or dinner. No matter how you choose to serve it, crisp apples and tartly sweet dried cranberries give this salad wonderful fall flavor and texture and pair perfectly with buckwheat groats and crunchy pumpkin seeds. Add seasonings like chopped parsley, minced chives and salt, plus nutritious baby spinach, and youve got a salad to go the distance.
The homemade dressing is laden with more chopped apples, mixed with tangy apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, and salt and pepper to taste. You do have to cook the groats until they are al dente, but it only takes about 7 minutes. You can serve the apple and buckwheat salad mixture on top of the baby spinach, or you can combine the spinach with the rest of the ingredients and serve it that way. No matter which way you choose, this is one salad youll want to make again and again.
