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    Sauteed Fig & Goat Cheese Salad

    Feb 20, 2013 · 7 Comments

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    Lately, the two salads I have been making for myself over and over are this Sauteed Fig & Goat Cheese Salad and the oh-so-addictive Crispy Avocado Bacon & Tomato Salad (yes…I did say crispy avocado…can you hear the angels singing?)

    They are completely different in both texture a flavor and I just can’t get enough of either of them!  Better than chocolate…right??

    I have had a serious craving for fresh figs BUT its February and short of me being the Queen of England or Angelina Jolie, fresh figs just are not going to happen for me for months.

    SO when one of my girlfriends, who knew of my fig craving, gave me a hige bag of Organic Sun Dried & Unsulfured Calimyrna Figs I got right down to business making this salad, which was inspired by a local bar/restaurant (Tony’s) who had a caramelized fig & blue cheese salad on the menu awhile back.  When I ordered it I asked them to hold the Blue cheese (not a big fan) and replace it with Goat cheese.  Then I fell in love…sigh!

    The thing these two salads have in common is that either can work as a meal and in my opinion in both cases you feel like you had meat and are satisfied.  You are cutting the crispy avocado and you are cutting the figs.  My brain gets completely fooled, lol!  Of course for the fig salad, you could totally add some sliced grilled chicken and make it even more satisfying.

    Hope you enjoy!

    Sauteed Fig & Goat Cheese Salad for 2

    8-10 sun-dried Calimyrna figs
    1 tsp butter
    2 TBS water
    1 Honeycrisp apple sliced thin
    4 oz of plain goat cheese
    Salad greens, I usually go for a spring mix / field greens

    In a small frying pan, sautee your figs with the butter & water until all of the liquid is absorbed.  Stirring occasionally.  Scatter figs, apples and goat cheese over your greens.

    *The extra step of sauteing the figs, hydrates them a bit more and makes them chewy-sweet.  SO good!

    Honey Lime Dressing
    – adapted from Martha Stewart

    2 TBS rice wine vinegar
    1 TBS honey
    1 tsp Grey Poupon Country Dijon (or other grainy mustard)
    1 tsp minced shallot
    6 TBS olive oil
    Salt & pepper to taste

    Combine all ingredients in a mason jar, seal, shake vigoroursly and pour over your salad.

    Feel free to add in some spicy or sweet pecans, honey roasted sunflower seeds, grilled chicken or whatever you might like.

    Enjoy!!

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    Gluten Free, Salads, Uncategorized, Vegetarian salad dressing

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    1. Stacy Uncorked says

      February 26, 2013 at 2:50 pm

      Oh wow! That sounds SO GOOD, Colleen! I'm definitely going to have to give this a try. 🙂

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    2. Heather says

      February 26, 2013 at 2:54 pm

      Oh MY….YUM!! Can you make me a salad? It tastes so much better when someone else crafts it.

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    3. Carrie @Chockababy says

      February 26, 2013 at 3:51 pm

      Ok. This is making me hungry! Where do you find figs? I have to make this!

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    4. Julie says

      February 26, 2013 at 5:11 pm

      yum! pinning!

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    5. Alissa says

      February 26, 2013 at 10:04 pm

      This sounds delicious! Pinning so I remember to add it to an upcoming meal plan. Thanks!

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    6. musingsonmotherhoodmidlife says

      February 27, 2013 at 2:50 am

      Ok. Mouth watering. I love salads with goat cheese; and I love figs. Voila, the perfect marriage-in my mouth.
      Estelle

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    7. Geeta says

      June 25, 2016 at 5:32 am

      I tried this as soon as I read your post. Amazingly mouth watering flavors and very filling. The figs make the texture of the salad to be very chewy too. Pairs great with red wine. Thanks

      Reply

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