Baby Greens Salad With Strawberries And Blue Cheese

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 medium strawberries (washed and hulled, from 1-pound container)
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (plus extra for berry puree)
• 1/3 cup fruity extra virgin olive oil
• 3/4 tablespoon sugar
• 1 (6 ounce) bag salad greens (baby bitter greens mixture i.e spinach, arugula, mache, watercress or all spinach 5 ounces)
• remaining strawberry, sliced
• 1/3 cup packaged oven-roasted sliced almonds
• 4 ounces wisconsin blue cheese, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 make the dressing.
• 2 whirl the 3 to 5 strawberries in a blender with a dash of balsamic vinegar until puréed (or mash by hand).
• 3 in a small bowl, whisk the 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, olive oil and sugar until well blended. whisk in pureed berries.
• 4 place greens in salad bowl. add desired amount of dressing and toss.
• 5 add almond slices and blue cheese and lightly toss.
• 6 serve immediately.