Blackberry Balsamic Blue Cheese Dressing

A delicious sweet and tangy salad dressing made with blackberry jam, balsamic vinegar and blue cheese.

Although most of my recipes are very much child focused, every so often I do like to post something a bit more grown up. Us parents spend so much time ensuring our little ones are properly fed that we often end up neglecting our own meals. (Anyone else find themselves eating cold soggy fish fingers for dinner? Please say it’s not just me!) 

So today I have a recipe just for us adults. I’ve teamed up with Jarden Home Brands* to show you how you can make a delicious Blackberry, Balsamic & Blue Cheese Dressing using their fantastic range of Ball® brand preserving jars.

Everyone in my family loves jam; on toast, in porridge, in rice pudding… we’re big jam fans! Ball brand products make it super easy to make your own jam with a simple Home Preserving Starter Kit. There’s also a Ball brand low or no sugar pectin mix which allows you to use honey or other sugar substitutes to make your own jam.

Once the jam is made you can use it to create a really tasty salad dressing, perfect for something a bit more grown up for lunch. You simply need to throw some of the jam and a few other ingredients including olive oil, balsamic vinegar and blue cheese into a jar, pop on the lid and give it a good shake! I drizzled the dressing over a simple lettuce and spinach salad and it really felt like a deliciously decadent lunch. Not a soggy fish finger in sight!

If you try this recipe please do let me know what you think. Or tag me in a picture on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’d love to see your pictures!

*This post and recipe has been commissioned by Jarden Home Brands but all thoughts and opinions on the products are my own.

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