This salad would make a great potluck dish or add chicken and it would easily be a filling dinner. This Arugula Pasta Salad combines spicy arugula with blue cheese and crunchy walnuts to make for a party in your mouth.
Arugula Pasta Salad with Blue Cheese and Pecans
Author: Heather
Recipe type: Salad
Ingredients
- 6 ounces pasta, such as bow tie or farfalle
- 2 Cups Arugula (preferably baby leaves, stems removed) (Trader Joe’s sells a bag of arugula for about $2)
- 1 Cup Grape tomatoes
- 2 Tablespoons chives, chopped finely
- 2 Tablespoons chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1 Tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil (extra virgin)
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 3 Tablespoon blue cheese, crumbled
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to instructions on package. Before draining, set aside 1 Tablespoon of pasta water. Drain noodles, pour into a bowl and mix in your arugula leaves while pasta is still hot. Cover. This lightly steams your arugula leaves!
- Toast chopped walnuts over medium-high heat until lightly browned. Set aside.
- Make your dressing – whisk together white wine vinegar, oil, reserved pasta water, salt and pepper.
- Pour dressing over salad and toss well. Sprinkle with nuts and blue cheese.
- Add chicken to make this meal more substantial.
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