Arugula Goat Cheese Salad • Kath Eats

This arugula goat cheese salad recipe is nice as a facet salad or a most important dish when topped with shrimp, hen or salmon. 

Arugula Goat Cheese Salad

Finest Cheese For Salad

I LOVE creamy goat cheese!! I’m unsure that I tasted it till I used to be in faculty. I bear in mind the Brixx Pizza home salad with goat cheese was the place I fell in love with it once I was at Davidson. 

Whereas sometimes I’ll purchase crumbly goat cheese, a recent log crumbled your self tastes so a lot better!

For extra concepts on what to do with recent cheese, out these bedazzled goat cheese logs, this pumpkin goat cheese lasagna or Anne’s goat cheese frittata.

This excellent spring salad is each loaded with wholesome vitamins and filled with recent taste! You may have the entire recipe full and cleaned up in lower than half-hour. 

The proper spring salad

This arugula salad brings collectively the recent goat cheese with spring strawberries, peppery arugula, toasted walnuts, and an orangey dressing.

I added shrimp that I sautéed in some Cajun seasoning on prime for a simple lunch. 

Arugula Goat Cheese Salad Recipe

Substances

• Recent arugula – you possibly can sub in any tender salad inexperienced that you simply like
• Goat cheese – goat cheese is the star, however in the event you actually don’t adore it, use feta as an alternative
• Walnuts – Toasted
• Recent strawberries – Sliced
• Shrimp – tossed in Cajun seasoning (non-compulsory)

Dressing For Goat Cheese Salad

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2-3 tbsp orange juice (freshly squeezed is finest!)
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
• Pinch garlic powder (or a clove in the event you like)
• 2 pinches kosher salt
• 3 grinds pepper

Directions

Rinse recent produce

Wash and slice the strawberries and arugula. Wash and slice the orange for the dressing. Crumble the goat cheese. 

Make the dressing

In a small bowl, whisk collectively dressing elements till nicely blended. Season with salt and pepper.

Toast walnuts

Chop walnuts if utilizing complete ones, and toast in a toaster oven for 350 levels for about 5 minutes. Stand there and watch so that you don’t burn them!

Prepare dinner protein (if including)

If you happen to’re utilizing shrimp, season either side with Cajun seasoning and sauté in a pan for a couple of minutes per facet, till shrimp are cooked via and golden brown. 

Assemble

In a big bowl (shout out to my grandmother’s classic bowl!), toss arugula with dressing.

Then combine in berries and walnuts. Gently toss in crumbled goat cheese.

Lastly, prime with shrimp. 

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Suggestions For How To Make Arugula Goat Cheese Salad

Combine up your goat cheese

As I discussed, a log of goat cheese is far more creamy and flavorful than goat cheese crumbles. There are additionally plenty of scrumptious flavored herb goat cheeses on the market that you should utilize to spice up the salad up a notch. You can even swap in blue cheese or feta in the event you desire. 

Swap in spiced nuts

Spiced pecans, candied walnuts, or truffle almonds would even be nice to swap in right here! 

Combine up your proteins

Rooster or salmon can be nice right here too. Recent lima beans or white cannellini beans can be good for vegetarians. Or a No Bull Burger! Use no matter proteins you’ve available. 

Extra dressing concepts

I’ve an e-book filled with home made dressings, and this publish shares extra about it.

Additionally take a look at the publish on DIY Salad Dressing for tips about creating your individual! If you happen to don’t have an orange, lemon juice works too, however add slightly honey for sweetness. You should utilize balsamic vinegar for a stronger taste or honey mustard for a sweeter dressing. 

Retailer within the fridge for a number of days

We ate this salad for each lunch with shrimp and as a facet salad with dinner. It can hold within the fridge undressed for a day or so. 

What To Make With Arugula?

When you have additional arugula (or fall in love with this spicy inexperienced) there are such a lot of scrumptious methods to make use of it:

• Arugula as a sandwich topper. This hearty inexperienced doesn’t wilt simply. 
• Add it to an omelet in lieu of spinach. 
• Wilt it into spaghetti or pasta dishes for added diet. 
• Combine it with grains for a half salad / half heat grain bowl. Spiced Millet Salad + Wheatberry Salad. 
• Serve it with beans like this Herby Lentil Salad. 
• Attempt utilizing a meals processor to make arugula pesto! 

Learn extra: all about lettuce diet! 

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