March 28, 2011 3:57 pm

Dish of the Day: Cherry Almond Blue Salad from Dole

Get your salad mixer out, and shake that salad! A salad makes a great lunch and it can also make a great appetizer or side dish for a meal, but nothing is worse than a boring bed of iceberg lettuce with no flavor. Salad shouldn't be dull and it shouldn't be something you eat just to shed a few extra pounds. A delicious salad is bright, colorful, filled with many different tastes and textures. The important thing with making salads at home is to be creative. Think of your lettuce or spinach as a blank page, and decorate it with as many different veggies, fruits, nuts, cheeses, beans and meat that you like.

Distinctively Dole, the all natural Dole Salad Kit is a great way to make a delicious salad. My favorite is Cherry Almond Blue on a bed of spinach. Inside the kit comes fresh spinach with Dole's White Balsamic Vinaigrette, Blue Cheese crumbles, dried cherries, and sliced roasted almonds. Dole suggests enjoying the salad with sweet potatoes and pork tenderloin, but I think it goes great with a white fish like branzino as well.

Tip: Dole makes a variety of different lettuce and salads. Mix some Dole arugula into your salad to add an extra kick to Cherry Almond Bleu.

Photo credit: Chow

— Written by Valerie Cario

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