No matter what type of greens or vegetables you are using, adding any of these cheeses will give salad more flavor. Cheese in a salad gives so much flavor and texture, you can often skip a heavy dressing.
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1. Feta
Feta Photo by Jennifer Meier
The salty flavor of Feta means you don't have to add any extra salt to your salad. Oftentimes you don't even need to add dressing - the creamy, moist texture of the cheese is enough.
2. Parmigiano-Reggiano
Fennel with Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto and Walnut Oil Recipe Photo by Jennifer Meier
This salty, nutty and earthy Italian cheese is most often grated over pasta but it's equally delicious grated or shaved over salad.
3. Blue Cheese
Blue Cheese with Grilled Romaine Photo by Jennifer Meier
Blue cheese has always been popular in salads, usually in a creamy blue cheese dressing. You can make your own blue cheese dressing or just crumble the cheese right over the greens. Salty, sharp blue cheese is balanced by slightly sweet flavors in a salad: try beets, candied nuts or slivers of apple or pair.
4. Roasted Ricotta
Photo by Jennifer Meier
Roasted Ricotta has the same mild flavor as regular Ricotta, but the texure is drier and crumbly. If you don't like a cheese as salty as Feta or as strong as goat cheese, Roasted Ricotta might be the cheese for you.
5. Goat Cheese
Goat Cheese & Beet Salad Photo by Jennifer Meier
Goat cheese had a long heyday as the most popular cheese in salad, especially when chefs started garnishing salads with fried rounds of goat cheese covered with bread crumbs. It's still a great salad cheese, simply crumbled over the top of greens.
