Recipe

Pear Walnut And Blue Cheese Salad With Cranberry Vinaigrette Recipe

	Jena / All my dishes 1 year ago This is a good recipe for a holiday meal. I got this recipe from Cooking Light magazine. Prep:30m Cook:30m Servings:6	Jena
	balsamic pear ginger easy

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Ingredients

Vinaigrette:

1/2 cup canned whole-berry cranberry sauce

1/4 cup fresh orange juice (about 1 orange)

OR instead of above, I have used frozen natural cranberry orange sauce.

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger

1/4 teaspoon salt

Salad:

18 Bibb lettuce leaves (about 2 heads)

2 cups sliced peeled pear (about 2 pears)

2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

1 cup (1/8-inch-thick) slices red onion, separated into rings

1/3 cup (2 ounces) crumbled blue cheese

2 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted

Directions

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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