Apple Walnut Salad with Blue Cheese

Salad greens topped with chopped apple, toasted walnuts and crumbled blue cheese, drizzled with a honey-Dijon dressing.

Recipe Ingredients:

1/2 cup walnut pieces
1 package salad greens
2 large red apples, such as Braeburn, Gala, Fiji or Delicious
2/3 cup (4 ounces) crumbled Wisconsin Blue or Feta Cheese
1 cup honey-Dijon dressing

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Spread walnut pieces in single layer on a baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes until fragrant. Remove to paper towel to cool.
3. Meanwhile, core and chop apples into 1/2-inch pieces.
4. Divide salad greens evenly on 4 chilled plates topped with chopped apples, divided evenly. Sprinkle crumbled Wisconsin Cheese and cooled walnuts evenly over apples. Drizzle each salad with dressing.

Makes 4 servings.

Recipe and photograph courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.