Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese, Artichokes, and Peppers
Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese, Artichokes, and Peppers is a perfect low-carb salad with interesting ingredients! I love every ingredient in this tasty salad featuring arugula, and these are flavors I’d never get tired of!
PIN the Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese to try it later!
This Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese also has artichoke hearts and sweet mini-peppers, and this is a salad combination that I absolutely love. And we’re entering into the time of year when nothing seems better than salad as a tasty side dish with something cooked on the grill! I love salads of every kind, something that’s probably obvious if you’ve followed my blog for a while.
And long-time readers might also have noticed my fondness for the peppery greens called Arugula. I know some people aren’t really arugula fans, but I love the sharp spicy flavor and those little 5 oz. containers of arugula find their way into my grocery cart quite regularly. I’ve been making fun salad combinations with arugula since the very earliest days of my blog!
And today I’m so happy to be updating the photos for this favorite arugula salad that has goat cheese, one of my other favorite ingredients. If you’re also a fan, be generous with the goat cheese like we were when we took these new photos, and I bet you’ll love it!
What ingredients do you need for this recipe?
(This is only a list of ingredients; please scroll down for complete printable recipe. Or if you use the JUMP TO RECIPE link at the top of the page, it will take you directly to the complete recipe with ingredient amounts.)
- Artichoke Hearts packed in water (affiliate link)
- sweet mini peppers
- goat cheese
- baby arugula
- fresh-squeezed lemon juice; I used my fresh-frozen lemon juice
- white balsamic vinegar (affiliate link) (see notes)
- extra-virgin Olive Oil (affiliate link)
- Dijon Mustard (affiliate link)
- salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste
What is Arugula?
Many cuisines use the peppery greens called arugula, but did you know that it’s also called rocket, garden rocket, rocket salad, rugola, rucola and roquette? Arugula is easy to grow, and will self seed for years. It’s slightly peppery flavor combines well with things that are more smooth in flavor, like the goat cheese in this recipe. Arugula is low in calories and one cup of arugula only has 1 carb! And it’s also high in vitamins A and C.
How low in carbs is this Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese?
This tasty salad with interesting ingredients has only about 7 net carbs per serving and 8 grams of protein.
What if you don’t want goat cheese in the Arugula Salad?
If you like the other ingredients in this arugula salad but can’t warm up to goat cheese, use another type of creamy white cheese like Feta, Queso Fresca, Cotija, or even fresh Mozzarella.
How to make Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese:
(This is only a summary of the steps for the recipe; please scroll down for complete printable recipe. Or if you use the JUMP TO RECIPE link at the top of the page, it will take you directly to the complete recipe.)
- Drain Artichoke Hearts packed in water (affiliate link) in a colander placed in the sink. (I had a huge jar of artichoke hearts from Costco, but you can use fewer artichokes if they’re expensive where you shop.)
- Then cut up artichokes and slice the mini-peppers into rings.
- Measure out the desired amount of goat cheese and crumble.
- Whisk together ingredients to make the lemony dressing.
- If you use arugula in a plastic container it probably doesn’t need to be washed, but you can crisp the arugula in a salad spinner in very cold water if needed.
- Put arugula into a bowl big enough to hold the entire salad.
- Add the artichoke hearts and peppers to the arugula and toss with desired amount of dressing.
- Then add the goat cheese and gently toss. (Save some peppers, artichokes and goat cheese to garnish the finished salad.)
- Serve the salad right away and enjoy!
- If this makes more than you’ll eat at one time I would only toss the dressing with as much salad as you’ll be eating. Store the dressing and ingredients separately in the fridge to enjoy the leftovers another time.
Make it a Low-Carb Meal:
Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese would be a great low-carb side dish with one of these main dishes:
- Garlic, Lemon, and Herb Grilled Chicken Breasts
- Janet’s Dijon Mustard Chicken
- Grilled Lamb Chops with Garlic and Herbs
- Marinated Grilled Pork Sirloin Chops
- Grilled Shrimp Skewers
More Ideas for using Arugula:
Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese, Artichokes, and Peppers
I'm crazy about this Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese, Artichokes, and Peppers, and this salad has flavors I'd never get tired of!
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients:
- one 6 oz. jar artichoke hearts (more or less to taste; see notes)
- 6 sweet mini peppers
- 4 oz. goat cheese (see notes)
- one 5 oz. package baby arugula
Dressing Ingredients:
- 1 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice (see notes)
- 1 1/2 T white balsamic vinegar (see notes)
- 3 T extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
- salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Drain the artichoke hearts into a colander placed in the sink and let them drain well. When they are well-drained, but up artichokes into halves or fourths, depending on how big they are.
- Cut stems off the sweet mini-peppers and cut out the seeds with a small knife; then slice the mini-peppers into rings.
- Measure out the desired amount of goat cheese and crumble the goat cheese. (Do this right when you take it out of the fridge for best results.)
- Whisk together lemon juice, white balsamic vinegar, olive oil, Dijon, salt, and pepper to make the dressing.
- If you use arugula that comes in a plastic container it probably doesn't need to be washed, but you can wash it in a salad spinner if needed. If arugula seems even the slightest bit wilted, crisp the arugula in the salad spinner in very cold water. Spin dry.
- When you start making the salad, save some peppers, artichokes and goat cheese to garnish the finished salad.
- Put arugula into a bowl big enough to hold the entire salad. Add artichoke hearts and peppers to the arugula and toss with desired amount of dressing.
- Then add the goat cheese and gently toss with the other ingredients.
- Put salad into a serving bowl (or on individual plates if you prefer) and garnish with the reserved artichoke hearts, sliced mini-peppers, and goat cheese.
- Serve salad right away.
- If you're not eating the salad all at once, I would only toss the dressing with as much salad as you'll be eating. Store the dressing and ingredients separately in the fridge to enjoy the leftovers another time.
Notes
The artichoke hearts can be marinated or not, your choice; use the size jar your budget can handle! Use the goat cheese that comes in a log for this recipe, or Feta Cheese would also be delicious. Other mild white vinegar will work, but white balsamic vinegar (affiliate link) has great flavor in this.I used my fresh-frozen lemon juice for this recipe.
If you're looking at the carbs, remember artichoke hearts are high in fiber.
This arugula salad was adapted from a recipe I saw in Bon Appetit 30-Minute Main Courses (affiliate link), although I changed it quite a bit!
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 217Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 6gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 13mgSodium 348mgCarbohydrates 11gFiber 4gSugar 4gProtein 8g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese is a fun interesting salad for low-carb or Keto diets or for any phase of the original South Beach Diet. Goat cheese is a limited food for South Beach so be sure your serving is one ounce or less if you’re following that plan.
Find More Recipes Like This One:
Use Salad Recipes to find more salads like this one. Use the Diet Type Index to find recipes suitable for a specific eating plan. You might also like to follow Kalyn’s Kitchen on Pinterest, on Facebook, on Instagram, on TikTok, or on YouTube to see all the good recipes I’m sharing there.
Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This flavorful arugula salad that has goat cheese, artichokes, and peppers was first posted in 2007! It was updated with greatly-improved photos in 2019 and was last updated with more information in 2025.
11 Comments on “Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese, Artichokes, and Peppers”
I love arugula and artichokes- you can’t go wrong and that fresh dressing sounds fab. Pinning now to try soon.
Thanks Scarlet; hope you enjoy!
Georgia, glad you liked it! And this could definitely use some new photos!
Gotta resurrect this one! I had leftover arugula from making the delicious pasta with Parmesan, ricotta and arugula, so I searched arugula and found this. I didn't have any peppers in the house, so I just used some Kalamata olives and raw asparagus with the other recipe ingredients, and it was delicious! I'll be using this recipe for lunches next week.
Thank gooness for marinated artichokes. As much I’d love to cook them myself, they never have quite the right consistency. I’m totally addicted to the jarred ones.
I like the combination of flavours in that salad. It looks very tasty!
Yummy, I love salads!! For my health, for their scents and looks. And last but in no way least for their incredible taste. Thanks Kalyn. :))
I’ve been eating out and eating so much fat laden food that this is exactly what I need. I can feel the nealth oozing in as I read.
My kind of salad Kalyn. Thanks for the recipe!
Tanna, thanks. I’m not completely satisfied with the photo, so I guess I have to make it again!
Anh, me too.
Virginie, my favorite too. Your mother is a lucky woman to have arugula growing. I grew some last year with mixed success. It gets too hot here, but I’m going to try again and put it in a shadier spot.
Thanks for this recipe. Now I know the english word for “roquette”. It ‘s my mother’s favorite salad, as it reminds her mediterranean flavours. She grows some in her garden, so she can get some fresh and organic arugula leaves every years.
This is so yummy! I love salad like this!