Michigan salad

Michigan salad
A Michigan salad with grilled shrimp
Type	Salad
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	Michigan
Created by	Scott Rossen
Main ingredients	Salad greens, dried cherries or cranberries, blue cheese, vinaigrette; sometimes walnuts or pecans

A Michigan salad is a type of green salad popular at restaurants in the Detroit area and other parts of Michigan. It is typically topped with dried cherries, blue cheese, and a vinaigrette dressing.^[1] Some recipes use dried cranberries instead of cherries, add other kinds of fruit such as apple or mandarin orange, omit or substitute the blue cheese, and/or add walnuts or pecans.

In Western Michigan, a Michigan salad might include grapes, sliced apples, and walnuts or pecans. It often will have a mayonnaise and mustard based dressing, rather than a vinaigrette.