Fig & Blue Cheese Salad and a Giveaway!
I feel like we’re friends and I can always be honest with you…so here goes, I just tried fresh figs for the first time last week. One thing I love about having a food blog is that I’m always getting to (as well as forcing myself) to try new things. I love finding new products and foods that I want to try and love when I discover new things. Before this week, my fig repertoire was fig newtons. Color me embarrassed. This all changed once the folks at From the Farm offered to send me these amazing figs from The Fig Lady in California.
I saw this literally a couple days after the From the Farm folks said that my fresh figs should be arriving soon. I almost died. So what did I do when they first arrived? I washed them, put most of them in the fridge and then proceeded to chow down on a few fresh figs with blue cheese. I was sad I didn’t have gorgonzola though. But still, amazing…and life changing.
I seriously am beginning to wonder…what the heck is wrong with me and where have fresh figs been all my life? My husband won’t try them, what’s wrong with him? I’m not sure why but in these cases I don’t complain, I don’t whine and I don’t say a word because my thought process is…more for me!!
Since the fresh figs and blue cheese went so well together, I thought I’d make a real simple salad with them. It’s basically some salad lettuce with my figs and blue cheese. I feel like saying would you like some lettuce with your figs & blue cheese? Trust me, just make sure you have a bite of cheese with each piece of fresh fig.
This salad is a great with a steak or on its own, double or triple the recipe to have it as a meal or to serve more people. The light & simple dressing lets the fresh figs and blue cheese be the star.
Fig & Blue Cheese Salad Recipe
Yield: 1 salad
Ingredients:
1 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 1/2 Tablespoons olive oil
pepper
1 to 1 1/2 cups loosely packed lettuce, I used butter lettuces & Romaine, chopped
3 whole fresh figs, cut into wedges & then cut in half
1 ounce blue cheese crumbles
Directions:
Whisk together the vinegar and olive oil in a small bowl. Season with pepper to taste.
Prep lettuce and figs. Add to a salad plate, the lettuce, figs and blue cheese crumbles. Drizzle on dressing to your taste.
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Other fig recipes to try!
- Brown Sugar Fig and Gorgonzola Crisp
- How to Make Fig Preserves
- Honey Lavender Popovers with Vanilla Fig Sauce
I’m going to make this salad about three more times and then make Paula’s fig preserves and Jessica’s crisp. I’m not holding back!!
The generous folks from From the Farm are offering a delivery of fresh figs to a lucky winner. I’m even jealous of the winner…yep.
A little bit about From the Farm launched in 2008 & they are the first online farmers’ market to offer consumers premium agricultural products shipped directly from family farms across the country. They do not warehouse any products; everything you purchase comes direct to you from the farm where it was grown.
The Prize: One box of Fresh Figs (Combo – Approx 4 pints)
Congrats to Sue E for winning the figs, enjoy!
How to Enter
Visit From the Farm and tell me about at least one of their products that you would like to receive ‘from the farm’ (be specific)!
And optional- tell me if you have tried figs before…share any recipe favorites you have in the comments!
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Details
U.S. Only. One winner will be chosen at random from all of the comments/entries posted here on this post. Be sure to do the mandatory entry and you’re entered into the giveaway. The extra entries are optional (do some or all, just leave a separate comment for each). Giveaway ends on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST. Winner will be contacted via email supplied in the entry & will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. (By the way, if you already do any of the above optional entries, just leave a comment saying so.)
Disclosure: This giveaway is being sponsored by From the Farm. I received the same items the winner will receive. I received no monetary compensation and I only share brands that I’m a fan of and always share my honest opinions!
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I have tried figs before, but not in a recipe — just ate them as is!
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I’ve actually never tried fresh figs, but I think I will like them
. As for what looks awesome on the website, the flavored cheeses and spread pack for sure. I always put different spreads on my rice cakes and I loooove cheese!
My son moved to Merced a couple of years ago, and while visiting him I discovered figs and the Fig Lady. I’m so hooked!! I pay big bucks to buy them and get them shipped to Arkansas! Haven’t tried any of the recipes yet since I can’t quit eating them straight from the box!! He has since moved, so I would LOVE to get more of her wonderful figs. The Kadota figs are my favorite, but the black missions were really good this year.
i love the fresh fish sampler.
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I love figs especially in yogurt in the morning. Figs are wonderful <3
I have only tried dried figs, but absolutely love them. I would love to try fresh! I went to fromthefarm.com and their honey vinegar looks amazing!
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I would like to have a box of nectarines and the chocolate mint cake.
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I would love to try the fresh pink guavas.
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The Honey Cremes sound SOOO yummy! I’ve tried Chai Spice before and absolutely love it! And no, I have never tried fresh figs before, but I love dried figs!
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fresh fig combo for me!
I’d want the Balsamic Honey Vinegar – that sound awesome.
As for the figs, I’d make fig jam!
Mmm, the coconut paradise pie, please!
And I’ve never tried figs before, but I certainly want to! I’ve been eyeing some at the farmer’s market for the past few weeks…
Would love the fresh plums and pluots!
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I love fresh figs broiled with a little sugar ontop, with basalmic vinegar, sliced fennel and arugala salad
The 4 lb. fresh fig combo of Kadota Figs (nature’s candy) and Black Mission Figs sounds fabulous! Our next door neighbor, Mrs. Saverance in Cheraw, SC, used to share figs from their tree. They were absolutely delicious!
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