Bleu Cheese And Baby Greens With Dried Blueberries

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons blueberry juice or 2 tablespoons cranberry juice
• 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar (or blueberry vinegar if you have it!) or 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or blueberry vinegar if you have it!)
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil or 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
• 1/2 cup walnut pieces (or walnut halves)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 6 ounces salad greens (heirlooms, spring mix, etc.)
• 1 cup crumbled blue cheese (good quality!)
• 3/4 cup dried blueberries (original recipe calls for "craisins blueberry juice infused dried cranberries")

Recipe

• 1 dressing: whisk together all dressing ingredients except oil in small non-reactive bowl. gradually whisk in oil until slightly thickened.
• 2 set aside 1 hour.
• 3 salad: combine walnuts, sugar and water in 1-quart saucepan. cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar melts and coats walnuts.
• 4 spread walnuts on parchment paper; cool.
• 5 combine greens, cheese, dried blueberries and walnuts in large bowl.
• 6 pass the dressing.