Walnut Blue Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette

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Walnut Blue Salad photographed by Jon Edwards Photography, Styled be Denise Vivaldo

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!

Walnut Blue Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette

Serves 4

Prep time:  5 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 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

Preparation:

  • 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.

Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing 

Serves 4 approximately

Prep time:  5 minutes

Ingredients:

  •             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

Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad dressing Preparation:

  •             Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl.  Then, 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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