The Best Salad Ever {And Recipe Roundup!}

January 25, 2012 by

My husband and I had a salad very similar to this on our 10th anniversary. It is a rare day when the salad competes with the main course for me- especially when you are the #1 rated steakhouse in Texas. But it was amazing! I am (re)starting cutting out “bad” carbs this week, so I knew salads would be key in staying the course. So I decided to recreate this salad to eat at home!

The best part? Make as much or little as you want! I made this for myself for lunch as an entree yesterday, then as a side dish for our dinner last night. It’s that good!

Click here for the recipe!

For each salad you’re making, melt about 1/4 Tbs. butter and 1/2 Tbs. honey OR agave nectar over medium heat. Add chopped walnuts and toast. Use about 2 Tbs. walnuts for each salad.

Peel a pear, then use the vegetable peeler to shave off thin slices of pear. You’ll want about 6 slices per salad.

Chop about 1 cup red leaf lettuce per salad.

Crumble about 2 Tbs. goat cheese per salad- this is soooo good!
Use a good balsamic vinaigrette for the dressing. My friend Fabia brings a salad dressing mix to me each summer from Switzerland, and I used that mix with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. It is our favorite dressing ever!
Finally, assemble everything together!
You don’t need much dressing because all of the ingredients are so good.

 

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About Kelli Hays

Kelli Hays is a wife, mother, writer, and friend. She has been blogging since 2008 and loves sharing inspiration for the everyday woman!

Comments

  1. mandyBH says
    January 25, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    Hey girlie!! I added my taco soup- but for some reason I couldn’t modify my old post without republishing it again, so as soon as I figure it out I will add your link! 😀 thanks for hosting!

  2. Abbie (Five days... 5 ways) says
    February 5, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    Oh my goodness! this look absolutely ridiculously yummy, Kelli! I’m definitely giving this one a try. Though I would have to substitue bleu cheese, I think. Goat cheese and I don’t get along for whatever reason. ANYhoo, thanks for the inspiration and thanks for linking up at Feature Friday Free-for-All!

    ~Abbie

  3. Kelli@morebangforyourbucks says
    February 5, 2012 at 10:19 pm

    Thanks girl! It is yummy… and bleu cheese sounds like a tasty substitution.

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