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Adding goat cheese to your salad is like adding the perfect ingredient you didn’t realize a recipe was missing until you tried it. Enjoy one of our 19 Amazing Salad With Goat Cheese Recipes and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
How Does Goat Cheese Taste?
I’ve always been a huge fan of cheese, all cheese. However, when we started raising dairy goats, goat cheese quickly moved to the top of the list.
Goat cheese is commonly described as having a mild, earthy, buttery but tart flavor. The flavors will deepen as the cheese ripens making the tartness sharper and earthiness more pronounced. Goat cheese is often sold covered in herbs or peppers for an added layer of flavors.
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What Goes Well With Goats Cheese?
My personal opinion, goat cheese is for the serious cheese lover, such as myself, who wants to actually taste the cheese in their food, not just the creamy texture of cheese.
In addition to having salad with goat cheese, it pairs well with everything from appetizers to Pizzas, and desserts.
As a matter of fact, we have over 50 taste bud pleasing recipes with goat cheese for you to add to your menu.
Why is Goat Cheese Healthy?
Although goat cheese is made using the same process as cheese made from cows milk, it has a different nutritional content.
Goat cheese is a good source of vitamin B3, protein, selenium, magnesium, healthy fats, calcium, and more.
According to medical professionals, goat cheese and milk, is easier to digest than dairy from cows and better for the digestive system.
What’s A Good Cheese for Salad?
For obvious reasons, you already know my answer-goat cheese! However, there are many different cheeses that go well with salads.
If adding cheese to your salads is a new concept for you, you are in for a tasty treat.
Cheese that goes well with salad in alphabetical order
- Blue Cheese
- Cheddar Cheese
- Cottage Cheese
- Feta Cheese
- Goat Cheese
- Gouda (we preferred smoked)
- Halloumi Cheese
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Parmesan Cheese
- Ricotta
If you’re looking to try something new, you can change out the type of cheese in several of our recipes below.
Handcrafted Wood Salad Bowls
One of my fond memories as a child is having these wood salad bowls we used to eat out of.
However, they fail in comparison to these handcrafted bowls our good friend and fellow homesteader, Derek Smiley, makes.
I can’t talk about salads without sharing where you can buy the most exquisite salad bowls around.
Derek Smiley, custom makes bowls and a variety of other works that are truly a work of art.
He makes his bowls out of wood such as Cherry, Walnut, Maple, Black Limba, and Padauk.
What better way to present your salad with goat cheese than in a custom made bowl with this kind of beauty.
You can find beautiful bowls like this and many more on his Etsy store, Derek Smiley Woodworks.
19 Salad With Goat Cheese Recipes
Whether as a stand alone meal or as the beginning course to a main dish, our goat cheese salad recipes are hard to beat.
From fresh summer fruit, to cold weather root crops, we have a salad recipe for every season.
Fried Goat Cheese Salad with strawberries, avocado, basil and honey balsamic vinaigrette is decadent and crave-able while still being light and fresh.
This watermelon goat cheese salad is a refreshing combination of bright, summery flavors! Fresh chunks of cold watermelon are layered with goat cheese, chopped nuts, red onion, and mint, all drizzled with a zesty lime dressing.
Beet goat cheese salad with rounds of warm breaded goat cheese is spin on a favorite that I order from a local café almost every single time I go! When I’ve made it for guests at home, they all rave and want the recipe.
This peach and goat cheese salad is the perfect summer lunch, quick pickled peaches, aged goat cheese, great ham, walnuts & griddled bread.
Lentil Salad Recipe with Herbed Goat Cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette
This Lentil Salad Recipe with Herbed Goat Cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette is a delicious and impressive-looking but easy-to-make salad that packs a ton of nutrition!
Sweet grilled juicy peaches, buttery avocado, creamy goat cheese, and peppery arugula combine for a flavorful summer salad that delights all the senses. This perfect healthy and delicious salad is simply finished with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for the ideal mix of sweet, tangy, and earthy flavors.
This salad incorporates soaked whole grains, which is a wonderful way to boost your health and it’s also great for your budget! If you’re looking for some creative pearl barley recipes to use up your pantry stash, this is a great one to try.
This dried cherry and goat cheese salad has a fresh light taste perfect for summer.
My salad motto is 'use what's in season' so juicy blueberries with a zesty homemade dressing was a no-brainer for my summer salads. It's no-cook, comes together quickly and easily, and is a fantastic side salad for your summer main course with lots of texture, flavor, and color!
Hazelnut Oil Beet and Goat Cheese Salad with Candied Hazelnuts
Hazelnut oil vinaigrette over beet and goat cheese salad with candied hazelnuts make the ultimate elegant salad! It only requires a few ingredients and gives a major WOW factor to any meal
If you love beets and quinoa, this recipe combines the best of both worlds. Toss in some grapefruit, tangy goat cheese, and crunchy walnuts, and this salad is absolutely perfect.
Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad w/ Lemon Vinaigrette - Little Sunny Kitchen
Creamy goat cheese, tangy apples and cranberries, and crunchy nuts pair beautifully with thinly shaved brussels sprouts to create a Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad that is so festive and fit for your holiday table. Finished with a savory lemon vinaigrette dressing, this might be the best tasting dish at Thanksgiving, after the turkey, of course.
This Winter Holiday Salad is loaded with baby greens, pear, pomegranate, pistachios and goat cheese which all gets topped off with a delicious, sweet and tangy pomegranate vinaigrette. The perfect salad for Christmas, Thanksgiving or a regular weeknight dinner!
Tangy, creamy and with a sweet crunch – this beet salad has layers of textual characteristics. This simple and delicious beet salad is a wonderful side dish or appetizer when you are looking for something quick and easy with lots of impact. And to top it off, beets are an amazing Superfood, loaded with nutrients and antioxidants. This Easy Beet Salad contains just a few pantry ingredients and takes just minutes to prepare.
Wheat is used in many forms and I loved working with the little wheat berry for this recipe. Wheat Berry Salad with Cranberries, Pecans and Goat Cheese is not only super healthy but deliciously addictive too! You will want to dive into more and more of this salad.
This lentil couscous goat cheese salad is PACKED full of flavor and the perfect meatless meal, light summer lunch or delicious side dish. Green lentils mixed with Israeli couscous, goat cheese, bell peppers, green peas, sun dried tomatoes, and parsley all drizzled with a homemade lemon, basil, and honey vinaigrette.
Orange Dijon vinaigrette is a bright homemade citrus salad dressing packed with flavor from freshly squeezed oranges, Dijon mustard, and fresh thyme
This simple kale salad with goat cheese will impress your guests, but more importantly, your own taste buds. It’s perfect in between meetings, as a packed lunch, or lazy days in your own home.
Panzanella is an Italian bread salad that can feature a wide assortment of seasonal ingredients (like this summery peach panzanella!). Unlike salads that contain mostly leafy greens, a panzanella salad is made up of a base that’s mostly toasted bread. If croutons are your favorite part of a salad, then panzanella is going to be your jam! Fresh Off The Grid
Farm To Table
Do you feel the desire to get closer to your food source and want to be more self-sufficient? You’re not alone.
Not only did we want to start gardening and grow our own fruits, vegetables, and herbs, but we wanted to raise our own dairy as well.
Knowing we didn’t have enough land to raise dairy cows, we started raising the smallest breed of dairy goats, the Nigerian Dwarf Goats.
Nigerian Dwarf Goats are the ideal dairy animal for people who don’t have a lot of land or for those that don’t have the ability to handle large livestock.
Not to mention, their dairy is superb and makes wonderful goat cheese!
If you would like to learn more about raising goats, you can check out our book, The Beginners Guide To Raising Goats, you can message me in the comments or send an email.
Always happy to help anyone who wants to raise goats!
