Chopped Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette.

I love a chopped wedge salad! All the classic flavors of a wedge: iceberg, tomatoes, crispy bacon and chives with a wonderful blue cheese vinaigrette. Super delicious and so easy to make!

Summer salad time!

This chopped wedge salad has all the flavors of a traditional wedge salad, all chopped up and tossed in an incredible blue cheese dressing. It’s so crunchy and crisp. 

Chopped salads are the salads that made me like salads. It’s the truth! There is just something about being about to get a bite of EVERYTHING on that one fork. It’s so satisfying. Chopped salads usually have a ton of texture and this is no different. 

At the same time, it’s super simple. Iceberg, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese. That’s really it! Sure, we have a dressing and some fresh herbs, but those are the big ingredients. The main ones.

Now, I know that the classic wedge salad had creamy blue cheese dressing. 

BUT. I don’t love creamy dressing to begin with. And in the summer, it just seems way too… heavy and hot. 

It’s no secret that I need some tangy, briney vinegar in my life. It’s my absolute favorite flavor combo and homemade salad dressings are my life.

So! I made my blue cheese vinaigrette for this instead. It is PERFECT. Oh my word.

Truly truly perfect. 

First of all, the dressing has blue cheese crumbles IN it, so as it gets shaked and mixed up, it does take on a slightly creamy texture. Almost like emulsified. Second, it has fresh herbs, which are so nice and refreshing in the summer.

The vinaigrette keeps the salad feeling a little lighter. It also keeps the bacon crisp and the iceberg crisp as well! It’s not drenched in a creamy dressing which gives it a little bit of staying power. Plus – the flavor. Ohhhh the flavor. 

I am a nut and could probably drink this dressing. At least take a spoonful of it!  (more…)

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