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A serving of cantaloupe blue cheese salad with fresh mint leaves.

Green Salad with Cantaloupe and Blue Cheese

A crisp Green Salad with Cantaloupe and Blue Cheese is the perfect summer side salad! The Creamy Orange Champagne Vinaigrette tops off the salad.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 237kcal
Author: Pat Nyswonger

Ingredients

  • 6 cups salad greens
  • 2 cups small fresh mint sprigs and leaves
  • 1 cup torn red radicchio leaves
  • 1/2 small red onion thinly sliced
  • 3 cups cubed cantaloupe
  • 4 oz. blue cheese crumbled
  • 8 oz. roasted walnut halves
  • 1/4 cup Creamy Orange Champagne Dressing

Instructions

  • Rinse and spin-dry the greens and tip into a large salad bowl.  Add the mint leaves, radicchio and red onion, toss to combine.
  • Distribute the cantaloupe, blue cheese and walnut halves on top of the greens.  Drizzle the dressing on the salad and toss to combine.  Serve immediately.

Notes

  • Choose a variety of leafy salad greens such as butter lettuce, oak leaf, frisée, baby spinach or arugula.
  • Pass on the pre-crumbled blue cheese and buy a chunk and crumble it yourself.
  • Tear the salad greens directly into the basket of the salad spinner, then set the basket into a pan of ice water, rinse, drain and then spin them dry.
  • This salad an be made a couple hours in advance without the dressing added.  Cover the salad with a damp towel and refrigerate until ready to toss with the dressing and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 442mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g