Grilled Napa Cabbage Salad with Blue Cheese, Bacon and Mushrooms – Gourmet Done Skinny

Ingredients

• 1 red onion (chopped)
• 1/2 c. red wine vinegar-divided
• 6 slices center cut bacon
• 2 lbs. mushrooms (thinly sliced)
• 12 oz cooked chicken breasts see note at bottom (optional, this is a great salad without meat as well)
• 5 oz blue cheese (chopped or crumbled)
• 1 1/2 -2 lbs. Napa cabbage cut in half ((you want to be able to lay it on the grill) try to find one that is more green and not so anemic, it makes the salad prettier)
• Olive oil spray (paid link) (I like to use my Olive Oil Mister )
• 1 T. bacon grease
• 1 T. olive oil
• 1/2-1 T. dijon mustard – see note at bottom
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 c. red wine vinegar (other half)
• 1 t. fresh thyme
• 1 T. fresh oregano
• 1/2 t. honey