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Healthy Substitutes for Crumbled Blue Cheese

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Kristin Sullivan

Crumbled blue cheese is a common ingredient in specialty salads and as a specialty topping on foods such as burgers and pizzas. It can be found in salads such as wedge salads with iceberg lettuce, crumbled bacon and ranch dressing, and in summer salads with ingredients such as pecans, walnuts, strawberries and lettuce.

Kristin Sullivan has been writing professionally since 1995. Her credits include "Men's Health," "Runner's World," "Glamour," "Caribbean Travel and Life" and dozens of other national publications. She specializes in health, medicine, travel, celebrities and relationships. She has written six novels, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Florida.