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Wedge Salad Board for a Crowd

Angela Roberts — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:39:00 +0000

If you’re like me, sometimes you find yourself conflicted with too much to do and still the desire to connect with others. I’m a major connector. If asked my love language, it would be connection or being included in the lunch date or party. My second love language, of course is food. Does that resonate with you too? This is why we all love recipes that are easy enough, spectacular enough and ample enough to bring to a party.

Enjoying food with friends and or family is hard to beat.

In former years I have written here about the rise of twitter, etc. ruining dinner parties, but now that sentiment seems so yesterday, as instagram and tik tok have high-jacked relationships with relationship-removed entertainment.

I am not saying anything that hasn’t been said a million times, as most of us take our hands and throw them up in the air in as if to say “this is now our world and nothing can stop it,” while holding tightly to our phone. But wait.

I want to give you something to think about.

When we’re on social media, watching people (like me) cook on reels, salivating over amazing images of all kinds of food that often feels unreachable, my question is who eats that food. Is it all show to get the like, the following, and then they eat alone, or is it that these people have real lives, real friends and there’s going to be a party or a dinner somewhere in their delicious part of the world that we only get to watch?

So shouldn’t you (and I ) stop watching so much and get to cooking, AND INVITING others. Yes, we should, and the party wedge salad for a crowd is one of those recipes that even the novice cook that pull together.

I recently took this to my church group gathering and it received rave reviews and they loved the homemade blue cheese dressing. I highly encourage you to make your own (free of soybean or canola oil). Even if you decide to serve bottled dressings, the idea of the help yourself wedge salad is an affordable winner.

The wedge salad board for a crowd does two things.

It mimics both a salad bar and a charcuterie board. People love both.
It gives people a healthy choice at a party that is both delicious and satisfying.

Make the Wedge Salad Bar for the Season

Along with organic iceberg lettuce, you get to pick the accompanying ingredients. You can add or subtract ingredients according to what is in season. Corn for summer, chopped hard boiled egg at any time.

Spring /Summer Wedge

Tomatoes or try chopped nectarines
Corn (taken fresh off the cob, not cooked)
Chopped toasted nuts
Bacon (every season)
Cheddar cheese (why not)
Hard Boiled Egg (option)

Fall Wedge

Apples or Pears
Cheddar
Toasted Almonds
Bacon

Winter Wedge (Recipe Here)

Replace fruit with Pomegranate arils
Pistachios

How to Cut the Wedge

I used organic iceberg lettuce, and cut each head into four wedges. Restaurants serve a much bigger piece, but for the wedge salad board, keep the pieces small enough for everyone to feel free to grab. They can always go back for seconds.

Make Your Own Blue Cheese Dressing

To understand blue cheese, you might want to understand what blue cheese is and what kind of blue cheese to buy. I either use gorgonzola or roquefort.

Gorgonzola is an Italian cow’s milk cheese, tangy, and can be either sharp or mild, named after the town of Gorgonzola, in Italy.
Roquefort is a French sheep’s milk blue cheese, and is the strongest of the blue. It is a protected European Union designation of origin, meaning, only blue cheese produced in the caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon can be legally called Roquefort cheese.

It’s been my experience that some blues are much stronger than others and sometimes you don’t really know what you’re buying. Just make sure to buy a whole piece and not those crumbles in the grocery store. RECIPE FOR BLUE CHEESE DRESSING HERE.

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More Salads from Spinach Tiger to Take to a Party

Blue Cheese Wedge Salad Board

Classic Blue Cheese Wedge Salad or Try it with a twist, with homemade blue cheese dressing, and various toppings, depending upon the season.

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

2 heads organic iceberg lettuce
blue cheese dressing Recipe Here
4 slices bacon Oven Baked Recipe
1/4 cup chopped tomato
4 tablespoons cheddar cheese shredded
1 corn on cob

Instructions

Arrange wedges on platter or individual plates. Cut each head into 4 servings.
Arrange on board or large platter.
Remove corn off cob (uncooked).
Chop tomatoes in small bite sized pieces.
Make Bacon Crumble into small pieces.
Arrange toppings in small bowls, either on board or a different board.

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The Blue Cheese Party Wedge Salad Recipe

Angela Roberts — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000

The Party Wedge Salad

The wedge salad is very retro (circa 1950’s) and I’m seeing it on a lot of menus lately. As much as I like a kale salad, I don’t want one every day.

Speaking of retro, have you watched the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel yet? It’s been out for a few years now, but was in season 3 when I first posted this wedge salad recipe.

The wit, the clothes, the storyline, the pace, are enticing in this absolutely original take on a New York Jewish housewife in the 1950’s who has it all, and then stuff happens. Of course, that “all” is defined by 1950’s Jewish mothers who want son-in-laws, grandchildren and close proximity.

This amazon original is just as refreshing and accessorized by proper twists and turns as this festive wedge salad.

Lately I’ve been on a wedge salad kick, ordering them everywhere I go. Typically, made with crisp iceberg lettuce, blue cheese and bacon, the wedge hits all the right notes, when I’m hungry and want salty yet refreshing

In my holiday version of the wedge salad, I add pomegranates and chopped pistachios for a festival holiday feel, bringing yet one more texture and color to the mix.

In a wedge salad summer version, I use fresh tomatoes and possibly some hard boiled eggs and fresh corn.

Sometimes I use a blue cheese vinaigrette; sometimes I make a homemade creamy blue cheese dressing.

I like to throw blue cheese crumbles in my shallot vinaigrette, but sometimes I long for a creamy blue cheese dressing like the one I made here.

I used a gorgonzola cheese which is an Italian blue cheese, a little more crumbly, but not really that much different from other blue cheese.

What I Most Love about the Classic Party Wedge and Blue Cheese Dressing.

Iceberg lettuce gets a bad rap, and for so long has been the lettuce to make fun of, but I’m bringing it back to the table with gusto. The number one reason I love the wedge is that it’s can be a meal. It takes a long time to eat, and I like that. It can handle creamy dressings far better than most lettuces.

There’s a lot of crunch with the wedge and the bacon and a lot of umami satisfaction with the blue cheese. It’s also refreshing at the same time.

Iceberg lettuce has a high water content yet doesn’t wilt easily. It can sit high on a plate smothered in blue cheese vinaigrette or blue cheese dressing and stay crisp. Or the wedge can be the height of luxury with homemade blue cheese dressing.

It’s the perfect thing to serve at a party! Don’t you just love this slate plate? You can order it here.

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Assemble Your Own Party Wedge Salad

The great idea for a brunch, lunch or dinner, is to allow people to assemble their own wedge. You can set out a bowl of crumbly blue cheese next to the dressing. There are always people who hate the blue, so set out cheddar and ranch for them. Everyone can be happy.

You can serve individual wedge salads on a platter with dressing applied or on the side.

So tell me do you make a salad for your parties? I always do.

Similar Recipes from Spinach Tiger

The Wedge Salad Recipe with Variations for a Crowd

Classic Wedge Salad or Try it with a twist, with homemade blue cheese dressing, and various toppings, depending upon the season.