| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 25 min |
| Active: | 25 min |
| Yield: | 4 to 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (from about 1 lemon)
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 clove garlic, smashed
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese (about 5 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives
- 4 cups roughly chopped romaine heart (from 1 heart)
- 3/4 cup cooked red quinoa
- 1/2 cup cooked bacon cut into 1-inch pieces (from about 5 slices)
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
- 1 cup small heirloom cherry tomatoes (about 8 ounces)
- 1 small avocado, scooped out and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 small watermelon radish, thinly sliced and then quartered
Instructions
- For the blue cheese dressing: Combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Dijon, honey, Worcestershire, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/4 cup of the crumbled blue cheese in the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Stir in the chives and the remaining 1/2 cup blue cheese. Adjust the seasoning to taste with salt and pepper. Hold in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- For the salad: Toss the romaine and quinoa with 2 tablespoons of the dressing in a serving bowl. Arrange the bacon, eggs, tomatoes, avocados and radishes in even sections over the top of the lettuce. Drizzle with more dressing and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 428 |
| Total Fat | 37 g |
| Saturated Fat | 12 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 98 mg |
| Sodium | 663 mg |
Reviews
Hands down, the best blue cheese dressing I’ve ever had.
Marbelous and beautiful
This was really simple and great flavors. Thanks Val
What a phenomenal dinner salad!!! Very very filling and super fresh!!
I followed the directions pretty close to exactly, except I skipped out on the quinoa because my mom isn’t too big a fan, not to mention the texture of it sounded a bit odd with all the nice crunchy fresh veggies!
Some of the BEST blue cheese dressing I have ever had was from this recipe. So I highly recommend you make extra to store in your fridge for a later time and salad!!!
All and all, this is a definite make again recipe that will be in my rotation of dinners quite frequently for these hot summer months ahead!!!