Sweet and sour Tarbes salad, with orange and blue vegetables

Sweet and sour Tarbes salad, with orange and blue vegetables

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A refreshing and easy-to-make salad featuring a mix of lettuce, orange segments, walnuts, and blue cheese, dressed with a balsamic and mustard vinaigrette.

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This sweet and sour salad is both easy and delicious. It combines crisp lettuce, juicy oranges, walnuts, and blue cheese, with a balsamic vinegar dressing.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time5 min
  • Total20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Estimated cost$2.47 $1.24 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.15
  • $0.14
  • $0.98
  • $0.54
  • $0.46
  • $0.11
  • $0.04
  • $0.05

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Finely chop the onion and gently sauté it in the olive oil. ≈ 8 min
  2. Whisk together the extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to create the vinaigrette. ≈ 4 min
  3. Tear the lettuce into pieces and place it in a salad bowl. Add the onion, orange, walnuts, and blue cheese, then season with the dressing. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Sweet and sour Tarbes salad, with orange and blue vegetables

  • 1 yellow onion$0.15
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil$0.14
  • 1/2 head of lettuce$0.98
  • 1 ripe orange, cut into small pieces$0.54
  • 50 ml of extra virgin olive oil$0.46
  • 25 ml of balsamic vinegar$0.11
  • 1 tablespoon of classic mustard$0.04
  • pepper$0.05

Total$2.47

that's $1.24 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 yellow onion
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1/2 head of lettuce
  • 5 cups of chopped walnuts
  • 1 ripe orange, cut into small pieces
  • 1 small piece of hard blue cheese or Roquefort, cut into small cubes
  • 50 ml of extra virgin olive oil
  • 25 ml of balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon of classic mustard
  • 1 lemon juice ingredient
  • A pinch of salt
  • pepper

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