Be the first to This winning salad from a popular Florida restaurant combines lettuce, blue cheese, red onion, and pine nuts. It is dressed with Raspberry Maple Dressing that may be made up to 1 week in advance.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 head bibb lettuce (about 8 ounces total), washed and dried well
- 1/2 head red leaf lettuce (about 6 ounces total), washed and dried well
- 3/4 cup Charley's Crab Raspberry-Maple Dressing (recipe link below)
- 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 12 rings red onion, each about 1/4-inch thick
- 3 Tablespoons pine nuts, toasted (see Note)
Preparation:
Tear lettuce leaves by hand into bite-size pieces and toss with Raspberry Maple Dressing in a large bowl. Divide lettuce evenly among 6 chilled plates and top each with blue cheese, red onion rings, and pine nuts.Yield: 6 servings
Per serving: 223 calories, 69 percent calories from fat, 4 grams protein, 16 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams total fiber, 17 grams total fat, 4 milligrams cholesterol, 143 milligrams sodium
To toast pine nuts: Spread in a single layer in a pie pan and roast at 350 degrees about 8 minutes. For a variation, the restaurant suggests substituting toasted chopped walnuts for the pine nuts.
• Raspberry Maple Dressing Recipe
Recipe Source: Charley's Crab, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Reprinted with permission.
