Simple Arugula Salad

5 from 9 votes

Simple Arugula Salad, a peppery and crunchy salad with sweet corn and juicy tomatoes, sprinkled with blue cheese. A great side salad for any meal. A quick and mouthwatering no-cook, low-fat simple salad.

Course Appetizer, Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword arugual salad dressing, easy arugula salad, simple arugula salad

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 137kcal

Author Eileen Kelly

Equipment

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Salad Spinner
Cutting Board
Knives
Whisk

Ingredients

Salad

5 cups Arugula lettuce
1 cup corn
1 cup grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
¼ cup blue cheese crumbles

Red Wine Vinaigrette Recipe

4 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Arugula Salad

In a large mixing bowl, add the washed and dried fresh arugula.
For the corn, either drain canned corn or defrost frozen corn. See Note 1. Add the corn to the arugula.
Add the sliced tomatoes to the salad greens.
Mix in the blue cheese crumbles.

How to make the Red Wine Vinaigrette

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, and Dijon mustard.
Whisk in a bit of salt and pepper, taste, if needed, adjust seasoning.
Toss the vinaigrette with the salad green mixture.

Notes

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Note 1: Leftover roasted corn on the cob or grilled corn can be used.

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.

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