Asparagus Salad with Balsamic Glaze
This easy asparagus salad recipe is bursting with flavors. The still slightly crisp asparagus mix with salad greens, cherry tomatoes, goat cheese, and walnuts. Then a balsamic glaze dressing gets drizzled over the top which makes it taste amazing. You'll love this simple spring salad recipe! Asparagus salad is the recipe to make in the springtime when asparagus is cheap, plentiful, and often local. The combination of flavors here is really incredible; it's next to impossible to stop dreaming of this salad. You may want to double the recipe because it's hard to stop eating it, too.
Crisp-tender asparagus, crunchy nuts, creamy goat cheese, and sweet balsamic dressing make this salad recipe a winner! If you'd like to prep this ahead of time, you can blanch the asparagus and make the dressing up to three days before you will serve it. I like to serve this salad cold. But if you'd prefer it warm, simply skip the step of chilling the cooked asparagus in an ice bath.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. asparagus, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 5 ounces salad greens
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- ¼ cup toasted walnuts or pecans
- 2 tablespoons goat cheese
BALSAMIC GLAZE DRESSING
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons balsamic glaze (balsamic reduction)
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 small garlic clove, very finely minced
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon water