Balsamic Bacon and Pecan Summer Salad

Balsamic, Bacon and Pecan Summer Salad is great as a main dish summer meal or goes perfectly with grilled steak or chicken. 

Salad has been my mainstay the last few weeks.  There’s just something about a fresh salad on a hot summer day that just hits the spot.

This is a sponsored post in partnership with Newman’s Own.

I’m so happy to be sharing the Newman’s Own “Greens for Good” Recipe Contest with you today! I’m sure y’all are familiar with the amazing charity work that Newman’s Own does each and every year. Paul Newman and Newman’s Own Foundation have given more than $430 million to thousands of charities since 1982.

 

The “Greens for Good” salad recipe contest begins June 23, 2015 and the entry-phase closes August 21, 2015. On October 21, 2015, Newman’s Own will announce the $35,000 grand prize winner and charity, as well as nine runners-up, who will each have $1,000 donates to a charity of their choice. The ten finalists will be posted online at Newmansown.com/GreensforGood for public voting to help determine the top nine finalists and the Grand Prize winners.

So head on over an enter your inspired recipe!

I bought a huge tub of mixed greens, and added red grapes, nectarines, white cheddar plus crispy bacon and toasted pecans.  I drizzled it all with Newman’s Own Lite Balsamic Dressing, which was perfect balance with the sweet fruit and salty bacon.

It was so good that I ate it for lunch and then made it again for dinner with meatloaf and mashed potatoes.  So, so delicious, I tell you.

Balsamic Bacon and Pecan Summer Salad

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Ingredients

• 6 cups mixed greens
• 1 cup nectarines, diced
• 1 cup cucumbers, diced
• 1/2 cup red grapes
• 1/2 cup shredded, white cheddar cheese
• 1/3 cup toasted pecans
• 3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1/2 cup Newman's Own Lite Balsamic Dressing

Instructions

1. Add mixed greens to a salad bowl and add nectarines, grapes, cheese, pecans and crumbled bacon. Drizzle with Newman's Own Lite Balsamic Dressing.
2. Serve immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

Disclosure: Newman’s Own provided me with a gift card for ingredients to create this salad recipe and of course, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Thanks so much for supporting the brands that help make Miss in the Kitchen possible.