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cinnamon blue cheese salad

(1 rating)
chachi avatar
Recipe by
joeyjoan K
@chachi
Clarkston, MI

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.

(1 rating)
prep time 10 Min

Ingredients For cinnamon blue cheese salad

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

How To Make cinnamon blue cheese salad

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