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Easy Pear Salad Recipe
This is an easy pear salad recipe with candied walnuts and gorgonzola. It’s the most perfect fall salad, but truthfully, we eat it all year long!
Prep Time
5
minutes
mins
Cook Time
0
minutes
mins
Total Time
5
minutes
mins
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
6
Author:
Julie Blanner
Ingredients
Vinaigrette:
⅓
cup
olive oil
⅓
cup
white wine vinegar
½
teaspoon
minced garlic
¼
teaspoon
salt
¼
teaspoon
pepper
Salad:
6
cups
arugula
5
ounces
gorgonzola
anything but pre-crumbled
2½
ounces
candied walnuts
1
bartlett pear
(approximately one cup) ripe, chopped
Instructions
In a jar with an airtight lid, shake the vinaigrette ingredients.
Toss with arugula and top with gorgonzola, walnuts and ripe pear.
Notes
Substitute the arugula with spinach, butter leaf lettuce or any favorite green!
Don’t dress your salad until just before serving. If you add it too far ahead of time, the greens wilt and go soggy.
You can make this salad dressing ahead of time! While it’s refrigerated, oil and vinegar will separate into two layers. Shake it up well!
Fresh gorgonzola (not the pre-crumbled kind) makes a world of difference in this salad!
Nutrition
Calories:
279
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
11
g
|
Protein:
7
g
|
Fat:
23
g
|
Saturated Fat:
6
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
11
g
|
Cholesterol:
18
mg
|
Sodium:
428
mg
|
Potassium:
172
mg
|
Fiber:
2
g
|
Sugar:
7
g
|
Vitamin A:
664
IU
|
Vitamin C:
4
mg
|
Calcium:
168
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg