Bacon Blue Cheese Kale Salad
Oct 26, 2025 01:56 AM
Crunchy, colorful Bacon Blue Cheese Kale Salad is a quick, crave-worthy side dish for festive family dinners or fall holiday feasts!
When the occasion calls for a beautiful salad recipe that’s bursting with bold flavor, make this simple, easy Bacon Blue Cheese Kale Salad! Shredded kale; savory, crisp bacon; tasty toasted walnuts; sweet slices of apple; caramelized red onion; and robust bleu cheese drizzled with a tangy balsamic vinaigrette – this salad screams “scrumptious!”
…But I Don’t Like Kale!
Of course you don’t. Most of us don’t. Kale, by itself, is…Blah. Bitter. Bland. We only eat it because it’s ridiculously healthy. But this INCREDIBLE Bacon Bleu Cheese Kale Salad will turn your “Kale, NO!” into “Kale, YEAH!”
This salad works because it’s super crunchy and has a fantastic combination of competing flavors – the meaty crisp of bacon and walnuts, the subtle sweetness of apples and honey, the zesty tang of onion, blue cheese, and the vinaigrette dressing – such complexity and depth of flavor for just a few ingredients!
Ingredients:
- 2 strips bacon thinly sliced
- ½ red onion peeled and thinly sliced
- 8 cups kale wash and torn off the stem and into small pieces
- ½ cup chopped walnuts toasted
- 1 Fuji apple cored and sliced
- ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles
Dressing
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
20 minutes
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