cinnamon blue cheese salad

Clarkston, MI
Updated on Oct 4, 2011

This Salad is what my Husband is calling One of my best mistakes. It was Dinner time and once again I needed to make a salad.Looking around to see what I had I noticed the cinnamon buns that I had tried underline tried to make the day before,From that unsuccessful baking experince came This salad.

prep time 10 Min
cook time
method ---
yield

Ingredients

  • SALAD
  • 1/2 - romaine lettuce head
  • 1 medium red onion sliced
  • 1/4-1/2 pound crumbled blue cheese
  • 4 - baby portobello mushrooms sliced
  • CINNAMON CROUTONS
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 or 3 cups cinnamon bread or buns roughly cubed into med size pieces
  • SALAD DRESSING
  • 1/2 cup rice vinegar
  • 1/4 + cup sesame oil blend
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 or 2 tablespoons honey

How To Make cinnamon blue cheese salad

  • Step 1
    to make the salad prepare the lettuce making sure it is dry as possible,using a rough chop make lettuce into bite size pieces and place into a large bowl.
  • Step 2
    add in sliced onion and blue cheese and mushroom toss gently with your hands getting mixed into together. set a side.
  • Step 3
    in a heavy skillet melt the butter get the pan nice and hot but don't burn the butter.
  • Step 4
    Place cinnamon cubes in hot pan and swirling them around and flipping them over so all sides get lightly coated in the butter.
  • Step 5
    Spread cubes out evenly on pan surface and let them toast lightly on all sides sirring occasionally to accomplish this.
  • Step 6
    Remove from heat and set a side.
  • Step 7
    In a med bowl add rice vinegar,salt,pepper and 1 table spoon honey whisk together blending well
  • Step 8
    add in both oils and whisk vigorously blending it all together.
  • Step 9
    Taste the dressing if it is to tart add about a table spoon more of sesame oil blend and taste again if still tart add more honey until taste is right to you. This dressing should be mild, you should get a sense of the sesame and sweetness but it should not over power in any way.
  • Step 10
    PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER!
  • Step 11
    Place salad in individual bowls
  • Step 12
    Give dressing one last whisk and drizzle over each salad not to heavy just enough to lightly coat the salad.
  • Step 13
    Add a healthy hand full of croutons to each salad and serve

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Category: Salads
Keyword: #cheese
Keyword: #cinnamon
Keyword: #blue
Keyword: #redonion
Keyword: #cruton

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