Blue Strawberry Salad

Name: Blue Strawberry Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 cups mixed salad greens; 4 -6 ounces blue cheese, crumbled; 2 navel oranges, peeled pith removed and sliced thin-remove seeds if needed; 1 pint fresh strawberries, quartered; pecans or walnuts, to taste,halves are nice; vinaigrette; 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar; 6 large strawberries; 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 3 tablespoons honey; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 shallot, minced; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon white pepper; 1 cup virgin olive oil

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"A very nice summer salad-you can trade out the strawberries for blackberries if youd like to follow the berry season, or even add smoked chicken for a whole meal salad!"

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Ready In:: 10mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

6 cups mixed salad greens
4 -6 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
2 navel oranges, peeled pith removed and sliced thin-remove seeds if needed
1 pint fresh strawberries, quartered
pecans or walnuts, to taste,halves are nice
vinaigrette
¹⁄₂ cup balsamic vinegar
6 large strawberries
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons honey
1 clove garlic, minced
1 shallot, minced
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon white pepper
1 cup virgin olive oil

directions

Arrange on 4 to 6 plates equal amounts of the mixed salad greens, crumbled blue cheese, orange slices and berries.
Sprinkle with nut pieces or halves.
In a blender pulse all ingredients except olive oil.
Slowly add the oil, blending well.
Offer dressing at the table-makes around 1 2/3 cups.

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Reviews

Great, great recipe Di! As you know, I made this for the luncheon today at work and it went over like gangbusters! Thanks for posting and suggesting such a great recipe. Oh, I should mention that it looks as good as it tastes. :)

Mysterygirl
This deserves like a 10 star Di!!! I love salads, could eat them everyday and I will be making this alot more. It was so nice and light for the summer too. I didn't have fresh oranges (dd ate them all) so I used canned ones, and it still was excellent. And I also didn't serve it individually, whipped it together in minutes and put it in a glass bolw, and WA-LAH it looked just as good as it tasted. Thanks!!

Dana-MMH
yum, yum, YUM! This was WONDERFUL. What a great blending of flavors. This is a perfect salad for a warm day. Even the men loved it....although they did make a few cracks about it being a "chick salad," lol. They sure gobbled it down, though!

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