Walnut & Blue Cheese Salad

This walnut blue cheese salad is a simple yet tasty salad that is enjoyable enough to eat on its own.  It’s a great healthy quick lunch too.

Although this is such a simple salad I was in two minds whether to publish this as it’s just too easy to make.   I have been eating this walnut blue cheese salad a lot whilst the Chief Taster is away as it’s easy to make and not a lot of washing up was involved.   I have found it great when I am hungry, want something full of flavour but don’t want to spend ages in the kitchen on a meal for one.

I have put olive oil in the recipe for the dressing for this walnut blue cheese salad but have not always used this in my devouring of salad for lunch.  I have also used avocado oil which worked out well.  I used that simply because I found a cheap bottle of it in a small supermarket.     

The salad leaves can be anything you have to hand as I used a bag of local mustard greens.  They were so delicious and tasted so much better than anything we get exported here.  I am discovering a few local vegetable and salad companies in St Lucia and have not been disappointed.  The local grown arugula is utterly delicious.  So much flavour to it, that I could munch a bowl with just a light dressing. 

So, when you are looking for a quick tasty salad fix, throw lettuce, blue cheese and walnuts in a bowl!  Voila!

What to serve with this salad

As enjoyable on it's own for a light light, serve this salad with a mini spinach feta quiche or roasted chicken.

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Walnut & Blue Cheese Salad

Angela Coleby

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Course Lunch, Salad

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Calories 440 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 2 Cups Lettuce any variety
• ½ cup Blue cheese crumbled
• ½ cup Walnuts Roughly chopped

Dressing

• 2 Tablespoons Olive oil (or other dressing oil)
• 1 Teaspoon Lime juice
• ¼ Teaspoon Mustard
• ¼ Teaspoon Salt
• ¼ Teaspoon Black pepper

Instructions

 

• Mix all the dressing ingredients together
• In a bowl place the lettuce
  
• Scatter over the walnuts and blue cheese
  
• Pour the dressing over the salad and lightly toss.
  
• Eat and enjoy
  

Notes

Serves 1-2

Nutritional Info per serving:  440 Calories, 42g Fat, 12g Protein, 7g Total Carbs, 3g Fibre, 4g Net Carbs

The net carbs will be the total carb count minus the fibre count. Carb count excludes sugar alcohols.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 440kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 12gFat: 42gFiber: 3g

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