Recipe: Houlihan's Honey Lime Bleu Salad and Honey-Lime Vinaigrette

HOULIHAN'S HONEY LIME BLEU SALAD
Source: KSDK NewsChannel 5; From Houlihan's
Makes 1 serving

4 cup fresh house salad blend, chilled
1/4 cup julienned red onion, 1/4x2-inches
1/4 cup julienned carrots, 1/8x2-inches
1/2 cup crispy noodles
1/4 cup drained mandarin oranges, whole segments
6 julienne red peppers, 1/4x2-inches
2 tbsp prepared honey walnuts
3 tomato wedges, 1/8 cut
1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
2 tbsp sour cherries
3 tbsp julienne cucumbers 1/8 x2-inches
2 oz honey lime dressing, on side (recipe follows)
1 breadstick, warm

Place salad greens in center of plate. Do this using small mounds and fluffing to make the salad as high as possible. Do not spread and flatten around the plate.

Evenly distribute onions, carrots and noodles over salad greens.

Evenly distribute the oranges, julienne red pepper, then the walnuts over the salad mixture.

Place the tomato wedges at 10:00, 2:00 and 6:00 on plate.

Top salad with blue cheese crumbles and sour cherries, place the julienne cucumbers in three equal mounds between each tomato wedge.

Place dressing in ramekin and place at top right rim of plate. Place bread stick on right rim of plate.

HONEY-LIME VINAIGRETTE DRESSING (click here)
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From: Mike Anderson 7-22-1998