Sunday, May 17, 2009

Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad.. Looking for blogging tips..

Since I am  new to blogging, I was just wondering if any other bloggers out there might have tips or ideas on how to bring more people to my page?  Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

In the meantime, I will share another recipe.  This is a really good salad that I made up for Mother's Day brunch last weekend.  My mom was in town, and we stayed home for brunch -- I made scrambled eggs with roasted peppers, scallions, and cheese, toast (using the bread recipe in my previous post), coffee, grapefruit juice, and this salad:

Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad
Fresh baby spinach, couple of handfuls
Grape tomatoes, small handful
1/2 c. toasted walnuts
Crumbled goat cheese to taste (I used some soft and creamy chevre-like cheese by Silver Goat)

Balsamic Vinaigrette:
Use 2:1 ratio of olive oil to balsamic vinegar
Add a pea-size amount of brown mustard (use more if making a bigger salad)
Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Dry basil and/or oregano to taste (optional)

Mix together the dressing -- the mustard will keep the oil from separating, but it also adds a nice zing.  Put all of the salad ingredients together in a nice big bowl, and toss with the dressing.  If the goat cheese is very creamy, it will hold together better if you keep it very cold before adding it to the salad.  Also, try mixing up the rest of the salad ingredients and adding the cheese last.

This was a great addition to our brunch, but would also be great with a piece of fish for dinner.


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