Apples, Goat Cheese, and Toasted Walnuts Salad

We have a salad almost every night with dinner - usually made with arugula. We love arugula and it is such a great local, fall green! For this easy salad, I topped our arugula with spoonfuls of goat cheese, thinly sliced Pink Lady Apples and toasted walnuts.

Apples, Goat Cheese, and Toasted Walnuts Salad

To make the toasted walnuts ... 

Walnuts, butter, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, rosemary

Ingredients: 

1 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
1 tablespoon of butter
1 sprig of rosemary - stripped
pinch of cayenne pepper

Directions ... 

Combine all the ingredients in a small frying pan. Stir the walnuts to coat. Cook over low for about 10 minutes - stirring as needed. Don't let the walnuts burn! Serve right on top of your salad and if you have any extra, put them in a small container and save them for later.

Almost ready ... 

Finished ... Toasted walnuts - delicious!

The Local North Carolina Lineup ...


Arugula from Jones Family Farm
Goat cheese from the Looking Glass Creamery
Apples from Ben Lynch Orchards
Rosemary from my backyard
Butter from Homeland Creamery