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Portabella and Blue Cheese Salad

Here's how you make Portabella and Blue Cheese Salad
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  • Servings: 3
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 3 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 large portabella mushrooms, stemmed (wiped clean and cut into bite-size pieces)
  • 1 small red onion, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 6 asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into 1-inch sections
  • 1 tablespoon merlot (or fresh lemon juice)
  • 2 tablespoons blue cheese, crumbled
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • Splenda or honey, to taste if too tart (optional)
  • 6 cups red bibb lettuce, torn into bite size pieces
  • 1 jar (4 ounce) roasted red peppers, drained and sliced (I used a jar of Trader Joe's)
  • 1/2 cup croutons (I used herb and garlic)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Spray a large non-stick skillet with oil. Heat over medium heat.

  • Step 2: Add the Mushrooms, onion, garlic and asparagus and saute until tender, 4-6 minutes

  • Step 3: Add wine or lemon juice and cook until evaporates completely, about 1 minute.

  • Step 4: In a small bowl whisk together the blue cheese, vinegar, water, salt and black pepper, to taste (I use a lot of pepper). Add sweetener to taste, if desired.

  • Step 5: Divide 3 cups lettuce between 2-4 plates.

  • Step 6: Top each with 1/4-1/2 the vegetable saute, 1/2-1 roasted red pepper, 1/4-1/2 of the whisked dressing and 1/8-1/4 cup of croutons.

  • Step 7: Serve Immediately.

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