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Healthy Salad Recipe: Arugula, Strawberries, and Blue Cheese

This is one of my all time favorites. It is perfect for a light salad, but yet it’s packed with flavor. I do think the key is the candied pecan, but you can substitute any other candied nut.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups cups of washed Rocket/Arugula
  • 1 cup of sliced Strawberries
  • 1 cup of Candied Pecans or other suitable nut
  • 1/4 cup of finely chopped Green Onion
  • 1/2 cup of Crumbled Blue Cheese
Strawberry Vinaigrette:
  • 6 Tbsp of Pecan Walnut Oil or other nut oil
  • 3 Tbsp of Red Wine or Champagne Vinegar more to taste if desired
  • 2 Tbsp pureed Strawberries
  • 1-2 tsp Sea Salt

Equipment

  • Bowl

Method
 

  1. Wash and thoroughly dry the greens. I find a salad spinner is perfect for this. Portion out the greens into the individual bowls and then add all other ingredients.
  2. Finish with a salad dressing of your choice, but a strawberry vinaigrette would be perfect. To make the strawberry dressing, add all ingredients into a bowl and add one half of the oil and then while whisking, add in the additional oil until emulsified.
Note: I always store my nut oils in the refrigerator. This has two benefits. One, it keeps the oil fresh and secondly, it makes the oil emulsify infinitely better.

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