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"Steakhouse" Salad: Tomatoes, Sweet Onions, and Blue Cheese

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This salad, is hands-down, my family's favorite. What's not to love about thick slabs of sweet, juicy heirloom tomatoes; thinly-sliced piquant onions; and crumbles of sharp and salty blue cheese (in this case Stilton and gorgonzola)?

Bunny and Wallie love blue cheese (just like their parents) and by the time I get around to serving this salad, I notice that there are far fewer crumbles on it than I thought...Hmmmm...

Simply arrange the tomato slices on a plate and lightly salt them (just a touch to bring out the tomato flavor; the cheese is salty), top with onions and cheese and fresh ground pepper, then drizzle with fruity olive oil.  We had this alongside grassfed tri-tip from Whole Foods, and it was the perfect complement to the meal.

October 04, 2007 in Cheese, Eat Local, Farmer's Market, Kids Will Eat It, Salads, Side Dishes, Summer flavors, Vegetables |

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Paula from Only Cookware

This sounds really good and very simple to make. I have always liked just plain tomato salads with onion but I really like the idea of the addition of the blue cheese.

Posted by: Paula from Only Cookware | October 09, 2007 at 01:26 AM

Butters

Looks delicious and simple. I like your style!

Posted by: Butters | November 02, 2007 at 06:48 AM

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