Salad with Blue Cheese

This salad with blue cheese is easy to make in about 3 minutes. Also, you can easily have other additions and variations to this. This is part of our Salads, Sides, Cheese, Holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, & Fast Food Categories.

This hearty green salad is easy and speedy to make using Romaine lettuce, baby Spinach leaves, and Danish blue cheese. Just add your dressing of choice.
Green Salad Recipe

Ingredients For Salad with Blue Cheese Recipe

  • Lettuce (Romaine or Green Leaf lettuce)
  • Baby spinach leaves
  • Danish Blue Cheese
Serving Salad with Blue Cheese
Serving Green Salad with Blue Cheese

Dressings For This Green Salad Recipe Easy in 3 Minutes

So, the choice of salad dressings are many that would go well with this green salad easy recipe. Overall, a common dressing that would work well is the classic Italian dressing or Balsamic dressing.

Danish Blue Cheese Options

So, regarding the Blue Cheese, the Danish blue cheese choice is very specific for a maximum creamy flavor. It’s like no other. But, regular blue cheese is fine too. The Danish blue cheese is what makes this a gourmet salad, by the way. Publix grocery stores carry it. You basically look on the label for a manufactured location which might state “Denmark”. Finally, a common brand of Danish blue cheese is “Rosenburg” and “Castello”.

Green Salad Recipe Easy Ingredients of Romaine Lettuce and Baby Spinach
Green Salad Recipe Easy Ingredients of Romaine Lettuce and Baby Spinach

So, Danish blue cheese takes about 8-12 months to properly mature to gets its unique, creamy flavor. Also, in finer restaurants, the chef might broil some crumbled blue cheese atop a good steak. A close substitution of Danish blue cheese is said to be Gorgonzola cheese. Finally, read more about the difference between Danish blue cheese and Gorgonzola cheese.

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Nutritional Values of Green Salad with Blue Cheese

Firstly, this salad is only about 60 calories. Then, you’ll add your dressing of choice. Finally, the detailed nutritional values are shown in the <Print Recipe> option.

Conclusion

So, you’ve learned this salad is one of our most popular ways to easily enhance a basic green salad. We learned of it in a fine dining restaurant after speaking with the chef. Finally, this side is great on a holiday as shown in our Thanksgiving Dinner Meals Ideas and Holiday Dinner Suggestions articles.

Green Salad Recipe

Green Salad Recipe Easy to Make in 3 Minutes

This hearty green salad is easy and speedy to make using Romaine lettuce, baby Spinach leaves, and Danish blue cheese. Just add your dressing of choice.
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Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 60kcal

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Ingredients 

  • 3 leaves Romaine lettuce
  • 30 leaves baby spinach
  • 4 Tbsp Danish blue cheese crumbled, or other blue cheese

Instructions 

  • Run lettuce and spinach leaves under cold water to rinse. Cut to pieces, as desired.
    3 leaves Romaine lettuce, 30 leaves baby spinach
  • Distribute mixture of lettuce and spinach per salad plate. Top with Danish blue cheese. Individuals add their own dressing preferences.
    4 Tbsp Danish blue cheese

Nutrition

Calories: 60kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 176mg | Potassium: 223mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 5172IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 1mg
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