Apple and Blue Cheese Salad
Servings: 2 Salads
Calories: 563kcal
This apple salad is simple yet so refreshing! The apples combined with the blue cheese and toasted, crumbled, walnuts just bring out an incredible flavor!
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Equipment
- 1 mandoline
Ingredients
- 1 large honeycrisp or other firm Apple
- 3 ounces of blue cheese
- ¼ cup of toasted walnuts
- ¼ teaspoon of sea salt
- 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of sugar or pure maple syrup optional see notes
Instructions
- Using a mandolin or a sharp knife, core apple and slice as thin as possible.
- Crush walnuts to a small crumble.
- Combine sea salt, vinegar, olive oil, and syrup or sugar.
- For one salad, layer half of the apples and add about 3-4 tablespoons of vinaigrette. Sprinkle on half the blue cheese and walnuts.
Notes
Adding the sugar or pure maple syrup to the vinaigrette is up to you. It just depends how tart you would like the vinaigrette.
Nutrition
Serving: 2 salads | Calories: 563kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 49g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 783mg | Potassium: 310mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 377IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 257mg | Iron: 1mg