Gorgonzola And Green Bean Salad With Pine Nuts

Ingredients:
- 12 oz. green beans, ends trimmed
- 1/2 c. toasted pine nuts
- 1 c. crumbled Gorgonzola or any Blue cheese
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
- 3 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1/2 clove garlic, finely minced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 head radicchio (if desired)

Directions:
- Cook green beans; cut in 1/2 or 1/3.
- Toast pine nuts.
- Mix vinegar, oil, garlic, salt and pepper until well blended.
- Toss with beans in the dressing and add the cheese and nuts.
- Separate the leaves of radicchio.
- Wash and dry.
- Arrange on salad plates and spoon the bean salad on top.