Heirloom Tomato Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Smoked Blue Cheese
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Smoked Blue Cheese – a simple summer salad highlighting sweet and juicy heirloom tomatoes. Can be made in 15 minutes!
- Prep Time: 15
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4-6
- Category: salad
- Method: Layered
- Cuisine: Northwest
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ripe summer tomatoes (colorful heirlooms are nice)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup toasted walnuts
- 1/4 cup blue cheese, thinly sliced (purchase smoked blue cheese if available!)
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- 1–2 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley
Dressing:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar ( or red wine or balsamic)
- 1 garlic clove (finely minced) or sub 1 tablespoon finely minced shallot
- pinch salt and pepper
Instructions
- Wash and slice the tomatoes and place them on a platter, slightly overlapping.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Scatter the toasted walnuts and add the thinly sliced blue cheese over top.
- Sprinkle with the fresh herbs.
- Make the dressing and spoon it over the top, trying to get a little on each tomato slice.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 262
- Sugar: 6.4 g
- Sodium: 109.2 mg
- Fat: 23.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 11.4 g
- Fiber: 3.8 g
- Protein: 6.2 g
- Cholesterol: 6.3 mg
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