Holiday recipes you’ll love: Fresh fig and goat cheese salad

If you partied last night, and you’re looking for a healthy way to use up your leftover bubbly, this refreshing salad is just what you need.

Start to finish: 15 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Vinaigrette
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup leftover sparkling wine
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon old fashioned mustard
• 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
• Salt and pepper to taste

Salad
• 4 ounces whole pecans
• 4 ounces mixed baby greens
• 4 figs, quartered
• 2 ounces goat cheese, crumbled

Directions
1. In a bowl, whisk together all the vinaigrette ingredients until fully mixed.
2. Toast the pecans over the stove in a dry pan until they’re lightly browned. Once they’ve cooled, chop them.
3. Place greens on 4 plates, and divide the figs, pecans and goat cheese equally.
4. Drizzle vinaigrette over each plate and serve.

Note: If you drank all the sparkling wine last night, just increase the white wine vinegar to 1/2 cup.