Buffalo ranch chopped salad with blue cheese and fried onions
Start with the chopped kit and build a proper dinner salad in one bowl. The blue cheese and fried onions turn greens into something substantial enough for a weeknight, and the buffalo ranch dressing does the heavy lifting.
About 410 calories a serving, 12 g protein, 9 g carbohydrate, 37 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
From your shelf
- 1 package Buffalo ranch dressing chopped kit (Dole)
- 1/3 cup Blue cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup Fried onions
Staples
- to taste Salt
- to taste Pepper
- Empty the chopped kit into a large bowl. Toss the vegetables with 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbles and 1/4 cup fried onions until everything is mixed, then taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
- Divide the salad between two plates and pour the buffalo ranch dressing packet over each portion. Serve at once.
Note Swap the blue cheese for feta or goat cheese if you prefer. Leftovers keep in the refrigerator for one day; add dressing just before serving. Pair with crusty bread or a grilled chicken breast to make it heartier.
On the label
VEGETABLES: GREEN CABBAGE, GREEN LEAF LETTUCE, KALE, CARROT, RED CABBAGE, GREEN ONION. DRESSING: CANOLA OIL, NONFAT BUTTERMILK (WHEY WATER, SKIM MILK POWDER, CORN STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CULTURE), PEPPER SAUCE (CAYENNE PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, DRIED GARLIC), WATER, EGG YOLK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, LESS THAN 2% OF DRIED GARLIC, GREEN ONION, SUGAR, SALT, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, DRIED ONION, SKIM MILK POWDER BLEND (WHEY, SODIUM CASEINATE, SKIM MILK POWDER), GROUND MUSTARD. CRISPY ONIONS: ONIONS, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL, SALT. BLUE CHEESE: BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI), POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
Dole, pre-packaged fruit & vegetables, serving 100 GRM, package 12.1 oz/343 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as blue cheese, kale, lettuce. Half of it left? Use up the blue cheese.