Blue Cheese & Asparagus Salad

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs asparagus
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained, juices reserved
• 1 tablespoon mandarin orange juice
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• salt

Recipe

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