Best Gorgonzola Cheese Salad Recipes

GORGONZOLA CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Place the Gorgonzola cheese, oregano, garlic, tarragon, basil, olive oil, milk, and vinegar in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
• In a large bowl, toss the Gorgonzola dressing with lettuce, avocado, and walnuts.

TOASTED WALNUT SALAD WITH MANDARIN ORANGES AND GORGONZOLA CHEESE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a sauce pan.
• Stir in walnut pieces and coat with butter.
• Stir for 4 minutes and remove from pan and set aside.
• Allow to cool to room temperature.
• Toss greens, mandarin orange segments and crumbled cheese.
• Toss with toasted walnuts and serve with raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing.

SPINACH SALAD WITH GORGONZOLA CHEESE

Steps:

• Cut stems from spinach and wash and spin dry.
• Chop the apple into small bite size pieces and place in a covered storage bowl or resealable bag.
• Add the lemon juice to the apples and set aside.
• Add the chopped apricots, raisins, broccoli florets and sunflower seeds to the spinach.
• Just before serving add the chopped apples and crumbled gorgonzola cheese.
• Add enough dressing to lightly coat. You will have extra dressing left over, but it keeps well.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Dressing.
• Combine the Enova Salad Oil or light olive oil, honey and Balsamic Vinegar.

GORGONZOLA CHEESE, WALNUT, AND ROMAINE SALAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 and toast the walnut pieces (on baking sheet) for a few minutes.
• Pour lettuce into bowl.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, and mustard in small bowl.
• Add cheese and toasted walnut pieces to lettuce.
• Pour salad dressing over salad and toss well.

WARM RED CABBAGE SALAD WITH ROAST CHICKEN AND GORGONZOLA CHEESE

Steps:

• Finely chop garlic cloves in processor. Add 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar and 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard and blend until smooth. With machine running, gradually add olive oil and process until well blended. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Combine cabbage, chicken, fennel, radicchio, onion, walnuts, carrot and pear slices in large bowl. Pour enough dressing over salad to coat. Toss well. Working in batches, sauté salad mixture in large skillet over medium heat until salad is warm and cabbage is slightly wilted, about 5 minutes. Divide salad among 4 plates. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese over each salad and serve.

SIMPLE GORGONZOLA CHEESE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Crunble gorgonzola cheese into a food processor and add vinegar; run the machine until mixture is smooth.
• With the machine running,(DO NOT ADD OIL ALL AT ONCE)Add oil in a thin stream very slowly to emulsify.
• Taste, if needed add some salt.
• Tranfer oil to small jar; Serve over mixed greens & fruit.

SIMPLE GREENS AND FRUIT SALAD WITH GORGONZOLA CHEESE

Steps:

• Put the salad greens and the dressing in a ziploc bag. Toss to mix well. Pour the tossed greens into the serving bowl.
• Top with the cheese, fruit and nuts and serve.

SWEET AND BITTER GREENS SALAD WITH GORGONZOLA BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine the lettuce and walnuts. In a small bowl, whisk oil into vinegar. Stir in the cheese and pear slices. Toss salad and season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

BEET SALAD WITH GORGONZOLA CHEESE

Steps:

• Place beets in a saucepan and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 20 to 30 minutes or until tender. Drain and cool, peel then cut into cubes. While the beets are cooking, place the walnuts in a skillet over medium-low heat. Heat until beets are warm and just starting to toast. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. In a small bowl, whisk together the orange juice concentrate, balsamic vinegar and olive oil to make the dressing. Combine beets, walnuts, gorgonzola and dressing a large bowl. Pack the beet mixture into biscuit rings and refrigerate. Place helping of greens onto each salad plate and top with ring mold of beet mixture and lift.