Spinach salad with blue cheese and apples
5
Points®
Total time: 20 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 0 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This quick and flavorful salad is ready in just 20 minutes and perfect as a side salad on a busy weeknight, base salad for some grilled salmon as a main dish or beautiful centerpiece when you entertain buffet style for holiday meals. The classic combination of blue cheese and apples are always a hit and play so well together with the strength of the cheese curtailed by the sweetness of the apples. Change up your fruit and cheese easily with mandarin orange slices and feta cheese or pears and goat cheese. The honey roasted almonds are a sure hit and will go with any pairing you choose.
Ingredients
Kosher salt
0.5 tsp
Garlic
1 small clove(s)
Apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp
Orange juice
0.125 fl oz
Olive oil
2 tsp
Dijon mustard
2 tsp
Black pepper
0.125 tsp
Spinach
20 oz
Fresh apple(s)
2 medium
Uncooked red onion(s)
0.25 medium
Blue cheese
0.25 cup(s), crumbled, not packed
Honey roasted almond(s)
2 Tbsp
Instructions
1
To make the dressing, sprinkle the salt over the garlic on a cutting board. Mash to a paste with the flat side of a heavy knife. In a small bowl, whisk together the garlic-salt paste, the vinegar, orange juice, oil, mustard, and pepper.
2
To prepare the salad, place the spinach in a large salad bowl and toss with half the dressing. Top with the apples, onion, blue cheese, and almonds, arranged in an attractive pattern. Drizzle with the remaining dressing. Yields 1 cup per serving.
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