Winter Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

This salad was supposed to be a slaw…ever have one of those days? I mean where you start of in the kitchen thinking you are making one thing and it turns into something else? Luckily today was a delicious mistake.
My Mom used to make this incredible blue cheese dressing when I was a kid. She recently found the recipe, and it had gotten my wheels turning to make something with it. I thought I had purchased everything I needed to use it in a winter slaw, and when I went to make it today I realized I had gotten shredded iceberg – not my favorite lettuce. When I expressed my dismay, my older daughter said “Iceberg will be even better than cabbage!” So I decided to stop crying over spilled milk (so to speak), and get on board. I’m glad I did because we were super happy with the results! Even my 18 month old twins enjoyed it. 🙂 With all the prepackaged shredded vegetables, it takes just minutes to prepare. Enjoy!

Ingredients
For the dressing:
4oz (1/2 cup) Blue Cheese, crumbled
1⁄2 cup mayonaise
1⁄2 cup sour cream
Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

For the salad:
3 cups iceberg lettuce, shredded
1 cup carrots, shredded
1⁄2 cup purple cabbage, shredded
2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
4 tablespoons lightly sweetened dried cranberries, chopped into small bits
1⁄2 to 3⁄4 cups glazed walnuts, roughly chopped

Instructions
For the dressing:
1. Combine ingredients, beating until they are thoroughly blended. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

For the salad:
1. In a large bowl combine lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, parsley, cranberries, and walnuts.
2. Add dressing a little bit at a time, and toss to coat lettuce mixture until desired amount of dressing is reached.

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