This week, I bought a carton of fresh figs from a roadside stand. Growing up, we had a fig tree out back, so I love the flavor of homemade fig preserves. This week, however, I didn’t have enough time, energy or figs to go through all the effort of making fig preserves, so I made a bright, cheery salad out of roasted figs, shaved cheese and tossed the greens with a honey lemon vinaigrette. Mmmm… magnificent!
Here is the recipe I followed, except I substituted the Gorgonzola for Parmesan because that is the cheese I had available. Enjoy everyone!
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Looks pretty and yum!
Thank you. It was delicious.
Looks good. Are you shooting the photographs? They are nice.
Thank you. Yes, I shoot my photos. I use an Olympus Pen mostly.
I am so excited that fig season is starting! I love to cook with figs. Great Recipe!
Me too! Love figs.
Man … this makes me want the figs from my Mamma’s back yard. She is canning them and making a sauce for pancakes! God knows I LOVE eating them fresh!
Oh yum, sauce for pancakes! Sounds blogworthy to me!
Wow–this looks great! We don’t have figs just yet, but I am on the lookout!!
Thanks. This was delicious and a great change up to my salads.
Fig season is my favorite time of year! We’ve got three fig trees, but they’re babies, so they don’t produce much fruit, and when they do, the squirrels keep beating us to it! Maybe we’ll have some next year. :)
That’s too bad, but believe me when those trees get bigger, you will have more than enough to spare.
That’s what I hear. At this point, I’ll be really happy if our 100-degree heat wave doesn’t kill my poor little trees. They’re looking really droopy these days….
Hurray! I have my first crop of figs ripening on my little ‘rescued’ tree (a scrawny twig I bought for $4 just this winter) just in time for this treat! Thanks. :)
That’s awesome. I am always impressed with the green thumbs. Enjoy!
I’m so excited to try this recipe! We have a fig tree and the figs are just beginning to get ripe. Thanks for sharing it!
Yay! Glad to hear you will try. It is excellent.
This looks absolutely gorgeous and so tasty. Love figs!!
Thank you. It was very tasty.
My mind is having a difficult time wrapping itself around “fig” and “salad.” However, if you have a recipe for fig preserves………….Actually, I guess I would have to have some figs, too. Why can I not find fresh figs here in California? Seems like the weather would be perfect for them.
Yes, I would think you could find some figs there. I do have a recipe for fig preserves, maybe later in the season I can get a little extra time to make a batch up.