Fig and Arugula Salad

I generally don't care for a salad made with arugula on it own. It's just too bitter for me and typically needs to be tempered with another, milder green. Unless you choose to use this dressing that is. Use a high quality aged balsamic for this salad for best results, and the freshest figs you can find. I brought ours back from Seattle, WA and they were better today, one week later, than those I recently purchased here in Wisconsin (they molded the very next day). Oh, what a salad. Five stars - from both of us.

I added Grammy smith green apples to it. It was delish! Soak Grammy smith sliced apples in ginger ale and it eliminates turning the apples brown.

This is such an easy yet elegant salad. The spiciness of the argula paired with the sweetness of the figs and honey is wonderful and the balsamic ties it all nicely together! Very versatile recipe. Next time I'lll use fig balsamic (was out).