Pear Walnut And Blue Cheese Salad With Cranberry Vinaigrette Recipe

Pear Walnut And Blue Cheese Salad With Cranberry Vinaigrette

From jena 17 years ago

This is a good recipe for a holiday meal. I got this recipe from Cooking Light magazine.

Vinaigrette: shopping list
1/2 cup canned whole-berry cranberry sauce shopping list
1/4 cup fresh orange juice (about 1 orange) shopping list
OR instead of above, I have used frozen natural cranberry orange sauce in freezer section near frozen fruit. shopping list
1 tablespoon olive oil shopping list
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar shopping list
1 teaspoon sugar shopping list
1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger shopping list
1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
Salad: shopping list
18 Bibb lettuce leaves (about 2 heads) shopping list
2 cups sliced peeled pear (about 2 pears) shopping list
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice shopping list
1 cup (1/8-inch-thick) slices red onion, separated into rings shopping list
1/3 cup (2 ounces) crumbled blue cheese shopping list
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted shopping list

To prepare the vinaigrette, place the first 7 ingredients in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk.
To prepare the salad, divide the lettuce leaves evenly among 6 salad plates.
Toss pear with 2 tablespoons orange juice.
Divide pear and onion evenly among leaves.
Top each serving with about 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 teaspoon walnuts.
Drizzle each serving with about 2 1/2 tablespoons vinaigrette.
CALORIES 148(38% from fat); FAT 6.3g (sat 1.8g,mono 2.5g,poly 1.5g); PROTEIN 2.7g; CHOLESTEROL 5mg; CALCIUM 60mg; SODIUM 205mg; FIBER 2.4g; IRON 0.4mg; CARBOHYDRATE 22.3g

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luisascatering ate it and said...
this is really nice and perfect for a holiday entertaining. Thank you for posting :-)
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" It was excellent "
sunny ate it and said...
Love the combination of blue cheese and nuts.
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Reviewed by 2 people

this is really nice and perfect for a holiday entertaining. Thank you for posting :-)

luisascatering in Burlingame loved it
Love the combination of blue cheese and nuts.

sunny in Portland loved it