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Endive and Blue Cheese Salad
Recipes
Endive and Blue Cheese Salad
4 servings
15 minutes total

Ingredients

  • 1 head curly endive (about 1 lb)
    10–12 sprigs fresh Italian parsley
    4 slices bacon (or ¼ cup cooked bacon pieces)
    1 lemon, for juice
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
    ¼ teaspoon salt
    ¼ teaspoon pepper
    2 oz premium blue cheese

Steps

    1. Cut endive into bite-size pieces and chop parsley leaves coarsely. Combine both in medium salad bowl.
    2. Preheat large sauté pan on medium 2–3 minutes; add bacon to pan and fry 4–5 minutes until crisp. Drain bacon and reserve.
    3. Slice lemon in half and juice one-half lemon (1 tablespoon) into small bowl; whisk in oil, salt, and pepper until well blended.
    4. Crumble blue cheese and bacon into salad bowl. Add dressing; toss and serve remaining one-half lemon sliced into wedges.

Amount per ¼ recipe serving: Calories 200, Total Fat 18g, Sat Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 20mg, Sodium 450mg, Total Carb 5g, Fiber 4g, Sugars 1g, Protein 7g, Calc 10%, Vitamin A 8%, Vitamin C 15%, Iron 6%