Walnut Blue Salad
This delicious, tasty salad is a perfect compliment to any chicken, meat or fish dinner. I make it with apples and/or pears. You can also enjoy it for lunch with a sandwich or some hard boiled eggs. Enjoy!
- 4 c. mixed Greens (romaine, arugula, radicchio & other)
- 1 c. Blue cheese crumbles
- 1.5 c. sliced Apples (Brae Burn, Fuji, Honeycrisp or other sweet apple)
- 1 cup. candied Walnuts (and/or candied Pecans)
- 2 Roma Tomatoes, sliced
- Garlic salt & pepper to taste
- In a bowl, add in sliced apples, candied pecans, Roma tomatoes, mixed lettuce and blue cheese.
- Mix well.
- Pour salad dressing (below) over top of salad, mix well. Add in garlic salt and pepper to taste.
- 1 T. Dijon Mustard
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 Garlic clove, diced
- 1 tsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Pepper
- ½ c. Olive oil
- 4 T. of raspberry wine vinegar
- 2 T. of chives or chopped scallions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl.
- Slowly dribble in olive oil (taste testing as you go).
- Drizzle vinaigrette mixture over salad mixture.
- Mix & again, tasting as you go!
- Dish out 4 individual salad servings on pretty plates.
Serve Immediately!
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