Blue Cheese And Asparagus Salad

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs asparagus
• 1 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained, juices reserved
• 1 tablespoon reserved mandarin orange juice
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup crumbled blue cheese
• salt

Recipe

• 1 fill a large bowl with ice water and set aside.
• 2 bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the asparagus and cook until crisp-tender.
• 3 drain the asparagus and plunge into the ice bath for 1 minute, then drain and set aside.
• 4 whisk together the orange juice and olive oil.
• 5 toss the asparagus, blue cheese and oranges together and drizzle over the dressing.
• 6 toss gently and sprinkle with salt to taste.