Pop Quiz!
1. When planning a meal for company, what is the first item on the menu you focus on?
A. the main dish
B. the dessert
C. the salad
2. When entertaining for a crowd, what food item would you most likely purchase "store bought"?
A. already prepared main dish
B. bakery dessert
C. bagged salad and/or bottled salad dressing
3. If one of your invited guests offers to bring something last minute, what would you most likely suggest they bring?
A. the main dish
B. the dessert
C. the salad
There's really no right or wrong answer, but if you're at all like me, oftentimes the salad takes second fiddle to the rest of the spread! In an effort to jazz up this first course, I've whipped up my own version of a blue cheese dressing Brad and I had at a restaurant recently. We were both so impressed with the salad dressing, I actually asked the waitress if she could bring out another small dish of it to put on my steak. When she came back to the table, I asked her for the recipe (never hurts to ask!). While she couldn't share exact measurements, she did give me the gist of the ingredients list and stressed, "A good blue cheese dressing, starts with good blue cheese."
I wholeheartedly agree. Blue cheese is like olive oil; you just have to purchase the best you can find.
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
pinch garlic powder
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
3 ounces good quality blue cheese
Whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, and milk in a small bowl. Add in vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, and seasonings until well blended. Crumble blue cheese and gently fold in. Chill until ready to serve.
P.S. I know, piling on blue cheese dressing creates a bit of an oxymoron out of your supposedly healthy salad, but aren't all good salads that way???
Happy Weekend!
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