
How To Make Favorite-Flavors Salad
Tossed with toasted walnuts, lettuce, and fresh fruits, this salad recipe has all the flavors you’ll want in a meal. Plus, it takes just 30 minutes to make!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupwalnut pieces
- ½lbbaking potato
- ½lbRoquefort,or other blue cheese
- ¼cupwine vinegar
- ¾tspsalt
- ¼tspfresh-ground black pepper
- ½cupmild oil
- 1¼lbromaine lettuce
- 20ozwatercress
- 1cupcocktail onions,drained
- 1avocado
- 1pear
Instructions
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In a small frying pan, toast the nuts over moderately low heat, stirring frequently for about 5 minutes until golden brown.
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Or toast them in a 350 degrees F oven for 5 to 10 minutes.
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Put the potato in a medium pot of salted water
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Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes until tender. Drain and set aside.
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Meanwhile, in a large glass or stainless-steel bowl, combine one-third of the blue cheese with vinegar, salt, and pepper.
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Mix thoroughly and then gradually whisk in the oil. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the dressing.
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Add the romaine to the rest of the dressing and toss. Transfer to a platter or salad bowl.
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Toss the watercress with the reserved dressing.
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Arrange the remaining blue cheese, the watercress, walnuts, potato, onions, avocado, and pear slices on top of the lettuce.
Nutrition
- Calories: 667.39kcal
- Fat: 53.36g
- Saturated Fat: 14.20g
- Trans Fat: 0.11g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 27.14g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 10.15g
- Carbohydrates: 33.29g
- Fiber: 10.03g
- Sugar: 8.92g
- Protein: 20.22g
- Cholesterol: 51.03mg
- Sodium: 1342.09mg
- Calcium: 621.84mg
- Potassium: 1474.79mg
- Iron: 3.02mg
- Vitamin A: 1015.55µg
- Vitamin C: 79.93mg
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