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You know that meme that says \u201cname a more iconic duo\u201d and then hits you with a pic of anything from Keenan and Kel to a guy jumping off a bridge with another guy watching the Cleveland Browns? <\/p>\n
I tend to think apples and walnuts fall into that category of stuff that belongs together. <\/p>\n
Apples, walnuts, feta, bacon, chicken, and<\/i> cranberries? Now we\u2019re complicating things. Perhaps that\u2019s why I\u2019m ambivalent towards Wendy\u2019s new Harvest Chicken Salad, which not only attempts to Noah\u2019s Ark-it out of pretty much every Wendy\u2019s salad ingredient but also skates a little too close to the regular-menu Apple Pecan Chicken Salad.<\/p>\n
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I don\u2019t mean to imply Wendy\u2019s homage to autumn-in-salad-form isn\u2019t good. Like most of Wendy\u2019s salads, the ingredients push into fast casual territory. Skin-on red and green apples are crispy and mildly sweet; the chicken juicy and slightly smoky; the vinaigrette tangy and a tad bit tart. Add in crunchy, meaty glazed pecans (which were left off the first full-sized salad I ordered, unfortunately), and you\u2019re looking at a filling meal.<\/p>\n
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But then there\u2019s the bacon, complicating things. It\u2019s not bad in and of itself since, duh, it\u2019s a scientific impossibility that bacon detracts from anything and because Wendy\u2019s makes really good bacon -\u2014 thick cut, substantial, with a great balance of fat and smoke. But I have no idea why it’s on this salad. Not only did it arrive on my full-size salad (I bought another half-sized one later since Wendy\u2019s forgot my walnuts) in strips meant for sandwiches, but it took away the spotlight from the apples and walnuts.<\/p>\n
Much like the bacon, the feta cheese feels out of place, like me when I show up to a wine and cheese party with a six pack of Shinerbock. Perhaps Wendy\u2019s didn\u2019t want to infringe on the Apple Pecan Chicken Salad, but the salty, mostly flavorless feta lacks the tang and funk of blue cheese that helps complement the apples. Even goat cheese would have been a better option than feta, especially since it\u2019s tangy and has a slight sweetness that would have played well with the oddly-included dried cranberries.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m usually a big fan of Wendy\u2019s salads, and while I loved the quality of the ingredients featured in the Harvest Chicken Salad, I can\u2019t deny there\u2019s a genuine lack of cohesion binding the salad together. Is it jump off a bridge because the Browns still<\/i> haven\u2019t won since 2016 dysfunctional? Goodness no. But when your iconic duo gets lost amidst even well executed extra ingredients, it\u2019s time to get back to your bread and butter — or apples and walnuts.<\/p>\n
(Nutrition Facts – Full Size – 570 calories, 23 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 115 milligrams of cholesterol, 1300 milligrams of sodium, 47 grams of carbohydrates, 37 grams of sugar, 5 grams of fiber, and 23 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n
Purchased Price:<\/b> $6.79
\nSize:<\/b> Full
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Apples are surprisingly crisp and flavorful for a prepackaged salad. Great execution on individual ingredients, especially the juicy chargrilled chicken. Meme potential in the apple and walnut combination.
\nCons:<\/b> Too many ingredients crowding up that apple and walnut synergy. Feta cheese is a real disappointment. Why are their cranberries in this salad? Botched salad construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You know that meme that says \u201cname a more iconic duo\u201d and then hits you with a pic of anything from Keenan and Kel to a guy jumping off a bridge with another guy watching the Cleveland Browns? I tend to think apples and walnuts fall into that category of stuff that belongs together. 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