I’ve been poring through piles of recipes lately. I have binders full of recipes (maybe 1,000?) that I collected as a young girl– always hanging on to as many recipes as I could get my hands on. I’ve saved all of them- with the hope that I’d make each and every one of them someday. This blueberry, blue cheese and walnut glazed salad recipe is one of those recipes- scribbled on a piece of paper- source unknown. I have a feeling it may have come from a restaurant. It’s definitely restaurant quality.
Substitution/ addition suggestions:
This salad calls for using grapeseed oil. You can use canola if you don’t have grapeseed. The glazed walnuts in the salad are fabulous, but you can sub almonds or pecans, if you prefer. And if you aren’t into blue cheese, add goat cheese or feta cheese instead. Add cooked chicken to make it a main dish salad!
The walnuts in this salad are homemade. The recipe for the glazed walnuts makes more than you’ll need in this salad, but they’re so good that you’ll want to munch on them by the handful… or save for more salads!
How to make glazed walnuts:
In this recipe, you’ll be combining walnuts with honey, cinnamon and orange zest, and then you’ll be baking the walnuts in the oven until they are toasted (and glazed).
Blueberry dressing:
The blueberry dressing is homemade too. It has just the right amount of “sweet” to properly garnish the salad. For the blueberry salad dressing, you’ll be combining oil, blueberries, Dijon mustard, brown sugar, salt and pepper in a blender or food processor. There is no vinegar in the salad dressing!
I’m so glad I saved this recipe. I knew I’d eventually dig it up and make it. And now I only have 999 more recipes to make from my collection! That’s why they call me, “RecipeGirl,” you know? Please make this salad this summer because I know you’re going to love it. Enjoy!
Here are a few more blueberry salad recipes you might like to try:
Kiwi Berry Salad with Raspberry Poppy Seed Dressing Blueberry and Apple Salad with Shaved Parmesan Arugula, Berry and Goat Cheese Salad Blueberry Corn Salad with Prosciutto Blueberry Caprese Salad Triple Berry Salad with Sugared Almonds
