Blue Cheese Salad with Blueberries
I love this simple blue cheese salad with blueberries! You’ll make our easy creamy salad dressing and then toss it with salad greens, blueberries, walnuts, and delicious blue cheese! Skip the store-bought bottle of salad dressing and make our easy creamy vinaigrette. It’s absolutely perfect for this simple salad with blue cheese, blueberries, and walnuts. For more easy salad recipes, see our balsamic strawberry salad or this seriously good steak salad. And if you love blue cheese like me, don’t miss our homemade blue cheese dressing! Key Ingredients Lettuce: Use your favorite salad greens. For this simple salad, I love mild baby lettuces like butter, red leaf, or even baby bok choy. Blueberries: Fresh blueberries are fantastic when in season, but if they’re hard to find, try other fruits like strawberries, chopped apples, or dried blueberries. I use strawberries for this strawberry iceberg salad with blue cheese. Walnuts: Toasted walnuts add a buttery, mild flavor that complements the blue cheese. Toast them before adding to the salad to enhance their taste. Blue Cheese: I recommend creamy Gorgonzola or Danish blue cheese for this salad, but feel free to use your favorite variety. Simple Dressing: This easy dressing is similar to my balsamic vinaigrette. Whisk together sour cream, red wine vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, and strawberry jam for a creamy, bright, and slightly sweet dressing. Optional Protein: To turn this into a dinner-worthy salad, consider adding roasted shrimp, juicy chicken breast, poached salmon, marinated steak, or this baked tofu! Lettuce: Use your favorite salad greens. For this simple salad, I love mild baby lettuces like butter, red leaf, or even baby bok choy. Blueberries: Fresh blueberries are fantastic when in season, but if they’re hard to find, try other fruits like strawberries, chopped apples, or dried blueberries. I use strawberries for this strawberry iceberg salad with blue cheese. Walnuts: Toasted walnuts add a buttery, mild flavor that complements the blue cheese. Toast them before adding to the salad to enhance their taste. Blue Cheese: I recommend creamy Gorgonzola or Danish blue cheese for this salad, but feel free to use your favorite variety. Simple Dressing: This easy dressing is similar to my balsamic vinaigrette. Whisk together sour cream, red wine vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, and strawberry jam for a creamy, bright, and slightly sweet dressing. Optional Protein: To turn this into a dinner-worthy salad, consider adding roasted shrimp, juicy chicken breast, poached salmon, marinated steak, or this baked tofu! Blue Cheese Salad with Blueberries PREP 10 mins COOK 5 mins TOTAL 15 mins PREP 10 mins COOK 5 mins TOTAL 15 mins Our blue cheese salad is so simple. Enjoy it as written, or add your favorite protein, such as chicken breast, poached salmon, or baked tofu. Make sure you taste along the way when it comes to the dressing. We love our dressings on the acidic side, but if that’s too much for you, add more sour cream, jam, or olive oil to balance it out. 2 Servings You Will Need 4 cups (180g) baby lettuce leaves 1/2 cup (75g) blueberries 1/4 cup (30g) walnut halves, lightly toasted 1 ounce (28g) blue cheese, crumbled 2 tablespoons sour cream 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon strawberry jam Salt and fresh ground black pepper Directions 1Toast walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat, shaking frequently, until fragrant, browned, and not burned. 2Whisk the sour cream, red wine vinegar, olive oil, mustard, and jam in a large bowl. Taste and season with salt and a few grinds of black pepper. 3Pour about half of the dressing into a small bowl. Add lettuce, blueberries, walnuts, and cheese to the large bowl and gently toss. Add more dressing as needed. 1Toast walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat, shaking frequently, until fragrant, browned, and not burned. 2Whisk the sour cream, red wine vinegar, olive oil, mustard, and jam in a large bowl. Taste and season with salt and a few grinds of black pepper. 3Pour about half of the dressing into a small bowl. Add lettuce, blueberries, walnuts, and cheese to the large bowl and gently toss. Add more dressing as needed. Adam and Joanne's Tips The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. Nutrition Per Serving Serving Size 1/2 of the recipe / Calories 273 / Total Fat 22.5g / Saturated Fat 5.6g / Cholesterol 14.9mg / Sodium 549.3mg / Carbohydrate 12.9g / Dietary Fiber 2.8g / Total Sugars 6.4g / Protein 7.4g AUTHOR: Joanne Gallagher We’re Adam and Joanne, a couple passionate about cooking and sharing delicious, reliable recipes since 2009. Our goal? To inspire you to get in the kitchen and confidently cook fresh and flavorful meals.More About Us Previous Post: Easy White Bean Soup Next Post: Bacon Stuffed Sweet Pepper Poppers