Best Zucchini Mushroom Walnut And Blue Cheese Salad Recipes

ZUCCHINI, MUSHROOM, WALNUT AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Zucchini, Mushroom, Walnut and Blue Cheese Salad image

A very light salad as a side dish. A pleasant variation from the various tomato salads, and another way to make use of the ever-present zucchinis! (Baby marrows to us).

Provided by Zurie

Categories Vegetable

Time 20m

Yield 2-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

8 mushrooms, brown, open
2 teaspoons seasoning salt
1 garlic clove, chopped and crushed
4 -8 teaspoons olive oil
2 -3 zucchini (about 5 inches each)
1/2 cup spring onion, chopped
1/3 cup walnuts, halved
3 tablespoons blue cheese, crumbled
2 ounces arugula (or any lettuce, or use more)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, coarse
3 tablespoons lime juice (or lemon juice, may use more to taste)

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 325.3, Fat 26.5, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 9.5, Sodium 208.9, Carbohydrate 17.1, Fiber 5.4, Sugar 8.5, Protein 11.7

ZUCCHINI AND BLUE CHEESE SIDE

Zucchini and Blue Cheese Side image

This side dish is the result of experimenting with some new things to jazz up my veggies. The blue cheese is definitely the star here.

Provided by KLSobo

Categories Side Dish Vegetables Squash Zucchini

Time 20m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (14.5 ounce) can fire roasted chopped tomatoes (such as Hunts®)
¼ cup crumbled blue cheese

Steps:

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place the zucchini and garlic in the skillet, cover. Cook until zucchini is just tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; heat until warmed through. Remove from heat; sprinkle immediately with blue cheese. Cover, and allow cheese to soften before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 130.3 calories, Carbohydrate 8.3 g, Cholesterol 6.3 mg, Fat 9.3 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 399.5 mg, Sugar 3.6 g