Delicious, easy to make goat cheese salad ideas you’ll love

Goat cheese salad ideas: Easy to make salads with goat cheese perfect for a light meal or to serve as an appetizer.

I love goat cheese and Ireland shops have several good varieties (local and not) that make it easy for me to add it to many dishes, may they be salads or appetizers.

These are a few easy-to-make goat cheese salad ideas I love.

The exact type of cheese I use in each depends on what I find on the day and is not a dealbreaker for any of these dishes.

However, for the oven-roasted ones, opt for the round forms or cheese as the rolls or more spreadable varieties do not come out as good.

Goat Cheese & beetroot Salad

Roasted beets
Goat cheese
Lamb Lettuce (corn salad leaves)
Walnuts
Dressing: olive oil, balsamic

This one works well with fresh goat cheese but also with more salty and crumbly varieties such as feta-like cheeses.

Warm goat cheese and baby spinach salad

Oven-roasted goat cheese medallions (score the cheese, place it on baking paper, score the top and lightly roast in the oven until warm and starting to melt slightly)
Baby spinach leaves
Cherry tomatoes, halved
Roasted almonds
Dressing: honey and olive oil

The best cheese for this one, in my opinion, is round logs of cheese with a firm, edible rind.

Goat Cheese, Pear, and Walnut

Baby Spinach leaves
Sliced or diced pear (peeled)
Goat cheese
Walnuts
Dressing: honey and lemon vinaigrette

Lamb Lettuce, Goat Cheese, and Pomegranate Seeds

Lamb Lattuce (corn salad leaves)
Crumbled goat cheese
Pomegranate seeds
Dressing: lemon and olive oil dressing.

The combination with pomegranate seeds works exceptionally well as they add a little touch of sweetness and crunch to this otherwise very simple dish.

Broccoli and Goat Cheese

Lightly steam broccoli florets
Goat cheese
Cherry tomatoes, halved
Sesame seeds
Dressing: olive oil

For a nuttier flavor, I like to leave the broccoli florets almost raw, only lightly steaming them.

Goat Cheese and Fig

Lettuce
Arugula (rocket)
Goat cheese
Prosciutto (optional, but Parma Ham works well with figs, if you want to add proteins, as its sweetness balances out the sharper kick of the arugula)
Fresh figs (halved)
Walnuts
Dressing: olive oil or balsamic (but careful not to drench the prosciutto with it, keep the balsamic on the leaves and the figs only)

Goat Cheese, Quinoa and Roasted Vegetable salad

Quinoa
Roasted carrots
Roasted zucchini
Roasted sweet red peppers
Arugula (rocket)
Pumping seeds
Dressing: olive oil and black pepper

Goat Cheese and Apple Salad

Baby spinach leaves
Thinly sliced apples
Goat cheese
Roasted almonds
Dressing: lemon and olive oil vinaigrette or cider vinaigrette (not too much of the apple flavor will be overpowering)

Goat Cheese & Grilled Nectarine

Arugula (rocket)
Grilled nectarines (sliced; I like to make them in quarters)
Goat cheese
Pecans
Dressing: honey and lemon or balsamic

Goat Cheese & Caramelized Red Onion

Baby spinach leaves
Goat cheese
Caramelized red onions
Sunflower seeds
Dressing: olive oil

Goat cheese and sweet potato

Roasted sweet potatoes
Kale (if you like kale, you can find more kale salads here)
Goat cheese
Pumpkin seeds
Dressing: honey, lemon and olive oil vinaigrette

Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese salad

Arugula (rocket)
Goats cheese
Smokes salmon
Capers
Dressing: lemon vinaigrette for the leaves