Best Walnut And Blue Cheese Salad Recipes

BABY GREENS, PEAR, WALNUT, AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk first 4 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in oil. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
• Toss greens in large bowl with enough dressing to coat. Divide greens among 6 plates. Top with pear slices, dividing equally. Sprinkle with cheese and walnuts. Drizzle lightly with remaining dressing and serve.

BLUE CHEESE, WALNUT, AND CHICORY SALAD

Steps:

• Stir or toss walnuts in a dry pan over medium heat until very hot to the touch and toasted, about 5 minutes.
• Mix Dijon mustard, rice vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and pepper together in a bowl for dressing. Pour in olive oil, about 1 teaspoon at a time, whisking constantly, until thick and coats the back of a spoon. Taste and adjust as necessary.
• Cut radicchio in half; cut out the core using 2 angled cuts. Cut each half in half again and slice across into about 1-inch pieces. Slice root ends off of endive and peel off about 1/3 of the leaves, leaving them whole for presentation. Slice remaining endive into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Transfer all radicchio and endive to a bowl and toss, making sure leaves are separated and evenly distributed. Crumble in about 1/2 of the walnuts and 1/2 of the blue cheese. Pour in dressing and toss with your hands until everything is perfectly coated.
• Place whole endive spears on a serving plate. Pile salad on top and scatter remaining walnuts and blue cheese on top.

APPLE, BLUE CHEESE AND WALNUT SALAD

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix all dressing ingredients with wire whisk until sugar is dissolved (dressing will be thick). Set aside.
• In very large bowl, mix salad ingredients. Pour dressing over salad; toss to coat. Serve immediately.

CRANBERRY, GLAZED WALNUT, ORANGE, AVOCADO, AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Place the salad greens into a salad bowl, and sprinkle with dried cranberries, walnuts, mandarin orange sections, blue cheese, and avocado chunks. Drizzle the salad with the dressing, toss, and serve.

FRISéE SALAD WITH BLUE CHEESE, WALNUT, AND CRANBERRY CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Arrange bread slices on baking sheet. Brush bread slices on top side with 2 tablespoons walnut oil. Bake until crisp, about 5 minutes.
• Mix walnuts, cheese, 4 tablespoons shallots, and dried cranberries in medium bowl. Spread mixture on toasts. Bake until cheese melts, about 4 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine frisée, 2 tablespoons shallots, 2 tablespoons walnut oil, and vinegar in bowl. Sprinkle with fleur de sel; toss. Serve with crostini.

PEAR, BLUE CHEESE, WALNUT AND BACON SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together all vinaigrette ingredients until well blended; set aside.
• In a small frying pan set on a medium heat, melt the butter, stir in the maple syrup or honey and then stir in the walnuts. Continue to heat the walnuts, stirring continuously, for approximately 2-3 minutes or until they are fragrant, caramelized and lightly browned. Remove from the heat; set aside.
• Place the greens in a large salad bowl or, if individual servings are preferred, distribute them equally among 6 salad plates. Sprinkle over the pears, blue cheese and walnuts. Place over chicken then drizzle with dressing and toss.
• Note: I find having the chicken warmed is superior to cold chicken.

BLUE CHEESE AND WALNUT SALAD WITH MAPLE DRESSING

Steps:

• Place spinach on a large platter. Top with blue cheese and walnuts. Warm maple syrup in a small saucepan. Pour vinegar into a small bowl. Whisk oil into vinegar in a slow stream. Whisk maple syrup into dressing in a slow stream. Pour dressing down over the salad platter and serve. Season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

ENDIVE, BLUE CHEESE, AND WALNUT SALAD

Steps:

• Cut off the bottoms and very tops of the endive heads. Separate into individual leaves, and julienne the leaves into sticks. Rinse thoroughly.
• Place the endive into a salad bowl along with the walnuts and parsley. Toss together.
• Whisk all the vinaigrette ingredients together in a small bowl. Drizzle over the salad and toss together.
• Scatter the blue cheese on top.
• Enjoy!

BLUE CHEESE, CANDIED WALNUT AND CITRUS ORZO SALAD

Steps:

• 1. To make the orzo: In medium size sauce pan on medium low heat, melt butter and olive oil. Add the chopped onions and salt and pepper. Cook uncovered to soften the onions, not brown them. After about 5 minutes they will be translucent and ready to accept the orzo. Add the cup of orzo and coat with the buttery onion mixture. Add a bit more salt and pepper as orzo has absolutely no taste. Let the orzo toast a bit (2-3 minutes) and add water and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to the lowest simmer and cook 12-13 minutes. The orzo will still be a bit watery, but keep covered off the heat and all the liquid will evaporate.
• 2. While orzo is cooling, candy the walnuts. In large saucepan on medium heat add the sugar and butter. Mix to combine. Now add the nuts and coat them in the sugary liquid. Toast the mixture for about 3 minutes. Just keep an eye on the nuts as they can burn before 3 minutes. Transfer candied nuts to a piece of parchment and separate the the best you can and set them aside to cool.
• 3. To make the dressing, combine all ingredients in a medium size jar and shake, or just whisk everything together until it emulsifies.
• 4. To assemble the dish, combine scallions, orange segments, celery and cilantro. Now add your blue cheese and cooled orzo. If I'm making this ahead, I dress the salad with only half the dressing, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Then I dress it again right before serving time. I like the salad served at room temp, but it's still delish served cold. And don't forget to liberally sprinkle those sweet toasted walnuts on top of your salad right before serving. By the way you can make individual lettuce cups with this recipe. they get grabbed up fast tho!

BABY GREENS, PEAR, WALNUT AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk first 4 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in oil. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
• Toss greens in large bowl with enough dressing to coat.
• Divide greens among 6 plates.
• Top with pear slices, dividing equally.
• Sprinkle with cheese and walnuts.
• Drizzle lightly with remaining dressing and serve.

FRISEE SALAD WITH BLUE CHEESE, WALNUT AND CRANBERRY CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange bread slices on baking sheet. Brush bread slices on top with 2 tablesppons walnut oil. Bake until crisp, about 5 minutes. Mix walnuts(or pecans), cheese, 4 tablespoons shallots and dried cranberries in medium bowl. Spread mixture on toasts. Bake unitl cheese melts, about 4 minutes. Meanwhile, combine frisee, 2 tablespoons shallots, 2 tablespoons walnut oil and vinegar in bowl. Sprinkle with sea salt and toss. Serve with or over crostini. (Theresa put sald on top of crostini)

BLUE CHEESE AND WALNUT SALAD WITH MAPLE DRESSING

Steps:

• Place spinach on a large platter.
• Top with blue cheese and walnuts.
• Warm maple syrup in a small saucepan.
• pour vinegar into a small bowl.
• Whisk oil into vinegar in a slow stream.
• Whisk maple syrup into dressing in a slow stream.
• pour dressing down over the salad platter and serve.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

WALNUT AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Cut away and discard the core of the lettuce. Cut the lettuce into bite- size cubes. There should be about four cups. Put the lettuce in a large mixing bowl.
• Cut the cheese into one-inch cubes. There should be about one and one-quarter cups of cubes.
• Sprinkle the cheese and walnuts over the lettuce. Sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Toss and sprinkle with the oil. Toss and serve.

ROASTED BEET AND WALNUT SALAD WITH BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Roast beets until fork tender, cool and peel, set aside. in small bowl, add red wine vinegar, honey if using, the oils and the crumbled blue cheese. using gloves if desired, cut beets into quarters, uniform size.. if very small cutting may not be necessary. add salt and pepper to taste. sprinkle with toasted walnuts. serve at room temperature.

WATERCRESS, PEAR, BLUE CHEESE AND WALNUT SALAD

Steps:

• Make the dressing by mixing everything together, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix the watercress and pear slices together and dress with the dressing.
• Arrange on 2 plates, distributing the pear evenly, embed the walnuts and crumble over the blue cheese.
• Relax.

GLAZED WALNUT, APPLE, AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Add greens to bowl, top with apples and cheese and sprinkle with Glazed Walnuts.
• Add the optional craisins and shredded coconut.
• Drizzle with salad dressing, toss and serve immediately.

ZUCCHINI, MUSHROOM, WALNUT AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Heat your oven grill to high. Put the cleaned mushrooms cap side down on an oven tin. Sprinkle seasoning salt and garlic into each mushroom hollow, and add 1/2 - 1 teaspoon virgin olive oil to each cap.
• Grill about 5 minutes, or until mushrooms just start shrinking. They should only be parcooked, not cooked through and shrunk. Remove from oven, carefully, to save the juices which have formed in the hollows of the caps.
• While mushrooms grill, cut the zucchini into thin strips with a potato peeler or mandolin.
• Make a bed of arugula or other lettuce in the bottom of a salad bowl.
• Slice the mushrooms and put in another bowl WITH the juices which have formed. This is important!
• Add the zucchini slices, spring onions, walnuts and blue cheese. Season with black pepper, add the lime juice, and toss. Taste the "dressing" -- you might want more lime or lemon juice for a tang.
• Add to the bed of arugula or lettuce.
• More salt might be needed: that depends on taste.
• * You might want to add more blue cheese: I did not measure and merely crumbled in a large chunk. You could use more zucchini too, if you like.