March 03, 2011

salad with bleu cheese

my husband and i went to a fabulous restaurant this past weekend and as part of our meal had this salad. i'm pretty sure the restaurant made the bleu cheese, but since i'm not that ambitious, i just grabbed a low-fat option at the store.

ingredients:

2-3 C chopped green leaf or romaine lettuce (or both)
4-5 grape tomatoes sliced in half
5-7 whole roasted hazelnuts
1/4 of a pear, shredded
bleu cheese dressing to taste

directions:

toss the lettuce with the dressing. not over doing it with the dressing is key here, or it will overwhelm all the other flavors. it should be a background taste. sprinkle with the tomatoes and hazelnuts. put the shredded pear all together in a little clump at the top and crack some pepper over it. voila!