Pear Salad

Ingredients

Vinaigrette:

1/2 cup canned whole-berry cranberry sauce

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

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger

1/4 teaspoon salt

Salad:

Equivilent of two heads of lettuce (romaine, spinach, whatever!)

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

Preparation

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.

Add a chicken breast to make it a meal!!!

Yield
6 servings