Arugula Goat Cheese Salad • Kath Eats

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

Arugula Goat Cheese Salad

Finest Cheese For Salad

I LOVE creamy goat cheese!! I’m undecided that I tasted it till I used to be in school. I bear in mind the Brixx Pizza house 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 full of recent taste! You possibly can 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 high for a straightforward lunch. 

Arugula Goat Cheese Salad Recipe

Substances

• Recent arugula – you’ll be able to sub in any tender salad inexperienced that you simply like
• Goat cheese – goat cheese is the star, however for those who actually don’t like it, use feta as a substitute
• Walnuts – Toasted
• Recent strawberries – Sliced
• Shrimp – tossed in Cajun seasoning (non-obligatory)

Dressing For Goat Cheese Salad

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2-3 tbsp orange juice (freshly squeezed is greatest!)
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
• Pinch garlic powder (or a clove for those who 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 components till properly 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)

Should you’re utilizing shrimp, season each side with Cajun seasoning and sauté in a pan for a couple of minutes per aspect, till shrimp are cooked by means of 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, high 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 way more creamy and flavorful than goat cheese crumbles. There are additionally plenty of scrumptious flavored herb goat cheeses on the market that you need to use to spice up the salad up a notch. You can too swap in blue cheese or feta for those who favor. 

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 could be nice right here too. Recent lima beans or white cannellini beans could be good for vegetarians. Or a No Bull Burger! Use no matter proteins you could have available. 

Extra dressing concepts

I’ve an e-book filled with selfmade dressings, and this post shares extra about it.

Additionally try the submit on DIY Salad Dressing for recommendations on creating your individual! Should you don’t have an orange, lemon juice works too, however add a little bit honey for sweetness. You should utilize balsamic vinegar for a stronger taste or honey mustard for a sweeter dressing. 

Retailer within the fridge for just a few days

We ate this salad for each lunch with shrimp and as a aspect salad with dinner. It would maintain within the fridge undressed for a day or so. 

What To Make With Arugula?

If in case you have further 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. 
• Strive utilizing a meals processor to make arugula pesto! 

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