cinnamon blue cheese salad
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
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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
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Step 1to 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.
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Step 2add in sliced onion and blue cheese and mushroom toss gently with your hands getting mixed into together. set a side.
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Step 3in a heavy skillet melt the butter get the pan nice and hot but don't burn the butter.
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Step 4Place cinnamon cubes in hot pan and swirling them around and flipping them over so all sides get lightly coated in the butter.
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Step 5Spread cubes out evenly on pan surface and let them toast lightly on all sides sirring occasionally to accomplish this.
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Step 6Remove from heat and set a side.
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Step 7In a med bowl add rice vinegar,salt,pepper and 1 table spoon honey whisk together blending well
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Step 8add in both oils and whisk vigorously blending it all together.
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Step 9Taste 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.
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Step 10PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER!
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Step 11Place salad in individual bowls
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Step 12Give dressing one last whisk and drizzle over each salad not to heavy just enough to lightly coat the salad.
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Step 13Add a healthy hand full of croutons to each salad and serve
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Category:
Salads
Category:
Lettuce Salads
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Diet:
Vegetarian
Keyword:
#cheese
Keyword:
#cinnamon
Keyword:
#blue
Keyword:
#redonion
Keyword:
#cruton
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