Blue Cheese lovers, unite!! You will love this salad. It's adapted from recipe given to me by one of my work friends, Rene (the good Rene for those of you keeping track). She got it from Emeril, so you know it has to be delicious. BAM!
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1/3 to 1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup grated onion (ok, I guess you can leave that out if you really don't like onions)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
pinch cayenne pepper
2 cups diced sweet red apples, (like Gala or Jonathan, 2-3 med. size)
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1/2 cup red seedless grapes, halved
1/2 cup walnut pieces, broken (or not...yuck, I hate nuts in my salad)
1 head bib lettuce, cored and leaves separated
In a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise and vinegar. Slowly add the buttermilk, whisking to thicken. Add the blue cheese, onion (or not, I do), salt, pepper and cayenne. Whisk to combine all, adding more buttermilk if desired. Add the chopped apples, celery, grapes and walnuts if desired (yuck! none for me). Toss all well.
You can either arrange the lettuce leaves on six salad plates and top with the tossed salad mixture, or my family prefers to mix bib lettuce with romaine and toss the lettuce together with the fruited salad mixture. No matter how you serve it, it is DELICIOUS and has been our traditional salad for Christmas Eve dinner for about five years now. Right along side our BBQ'd steaks,steamed king crab legs, baked potatoes and garlic bread.
Enjoy.
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