Warm Apple and Fig Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing

If it’s possible to OD on salad, I think I did it with this one yesterday.

An entire bunch of watercress, two apples and half a pint of figs all shoved in my face for lunch. I was slightly uncomfortable at the end but I seriously just.couldn’t.stop.

After the first half was consumed, I looked at the plate with the other half I was saving for dinner, said “what the hell” and attacked it.

Lunch was definitely one of the highlights of the day.

What wasn’t a highlight would be when 2:30pm rolled around and my washing machine which was promised to me by then did not.

Let’s just say Home Depot is on my shit list and I still have a pile of sopping wet, soapy clothes sitting on top of my dryer that have been like that for 48 hours now.

I wore a thong (sorry about the visual on that but I DESPISE thongs) to crossfit last night because I’m now officially out of underwear. It’s getting desperate. Hand washing commences today and of course I ripped my hands apart after 60 (unassisted!) pull-ups last night.

So that’ll be fun.

When I actually did manage to find the illusive salad greens on a menu in Italy, they always seemed to be watercress.

I ate watercress more in the past 2 weeks than I probably have in a year actually. So I decided to continue the trend at home with a fall twist in this fig and apple salad.

I don’t know how many times I’ve said something along the lines of “omg, this was soooo good. You have to make it!” but consider this another one.

There’s so much going on from the fresh, crispy watercress to the sweet figs, to the crunchy tart apples, to the salty bacon and the sweet maple dijon dressing but somehow, it all just works.

Beautifully.

And thoughts of incompetent delivery people disappear.

Need more fall salad inspiration? Try this roasted beet and apple salad or this roasted sweet potato chickpea salad. The maple tahini dressing is killer on that one.