For Fancy Salads, Use Endive

blue cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: goat cheese

Feta is lower in calories and easier to find.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide healthy fats and are generally cheaper.

Zest one orange to get about 1 1/2 teaspoons of zest.

Peel the skin off the orange and segment it using a paring knife.

Squeeze the remaining orange for about a tablespoon of juice.

Chop half a red onion and add it to a bowl with the orange segments.

Combine 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in the bowl with the onion and orange segments, and let it sit for 30 minutes.

Prepare the dressing by whisking together 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, and set aside.

Add 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese and 1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts to the bowl.

Add 4 heads of endive, leaving them whole, and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper.

Toss everything together until combined.

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