Strawberry Blue Cheese Organic Salad with Pesto Vinegrette

Probably everyone in the world already knows about the marriage with strawberries and blue cheese together - well I just discovered it last night when I tossed a last minute salad together for friends that were coming over for a BBQ. Divine. As usual I am obsessed with vinaigrette's. To me, they are incomparable and contain all of the elements that suit my Gemini nature. A little sweet, vinegary, earthy, and zingy!

Toss about 8 cups of nice organic lettuce into a bowl and slices big succulent strawberries into it. Then add some almonds, I had 1/2 cup and crumble in about another 1/2 cup of blue cheese. The cheese next to the strawberries look really pretty and picturesque.

Vinaigrette - I only had a little more than a 1/4 cup of olive oil, I do like to add more, but I added two rounded tbsp. of pesto, 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar, and 4 packs of splenda, or you can add sugar to taste, salt and pepper.

Pour it over the salad just before serving and voila - to die for!