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"A refreshing and flavoursome salad which is visually appealing and complements any meat, rice or pasta dish. Adapted from a recipe in the latest issue of the Australian magazine 'New Idea'. When I posted this initially, I just listed "pears" in the ingredients, but have since located the pears specified, and I have made the salad..."

Ingredients: chives, fresh ground pepper...

"This is just so simple and easy to do but is full of flavour as well. I did use pine nuts when I made this and they worked out quite well. I would suggest a good robust blue for this or Gorgonzola."

Ingredients: rocket, palm sugar, pears...

"Recipe from the Goose Berry Patch Comfort and Joy Cookbook.

**UPDATE** originally recipe called for fruit to be peeled, leave the peel on for more fiber in your diet!!"

Ingredients: dried cranberries, lemon juice...

"This is a light, refreshing salad. Perfect for lunch or to start off a meal. This is a scaled down version of the salad that will be served at our daughter's wedding. The caterer was generous enough to provide us with the recipe. Note: Cooking time is chilling time for the dressing."

Ingredients: sliced almonds, feta cheese...

"Start your meal out right or serve as light alternative to lunch. Adapted from the March 2007 edition of Southern Living Magazine."

Ingredients: light olive oil, Dijon mustard...

"Originally created for RSC #10. Nuts and dressing may be prepared ahead of time. You can use all balsamic vinegar for the dressing and skip the lemon, if you desire. If you want to take the bite out of the onions or shallots, you can let them sit in the dressing for about half an hour before serving."

Ingredients: cinnamon, baby greens...

"Adapted from recipe from Mountain Town Station Brewing Company and Steakhouse in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Original recipe published in Bon Appetit, September 2002.

Great salad for the holidays. Very easy but impressive. Dried cranberries can be substituted for the dried cherries. Also good with glazed or spiced pecans. Pears would also..."

Ingredients: dried tart cherries, mixed baby greens...

"Pears are now used in all aspects of cooking. Try this salad that's made exciting with pears and a delicious Asian dressing! Adapted from Southern Living magazine."

Ingredients: dry crushed red pepper, toasted sesame oil...

"This gorgeous salad was thought up by our friend Imppa. I have since given this recipe to numerous people - I think we've served this to everyone who's visited since Imppa did and made this salad for us! This recipe is really more of an idea, so you can adjust the measurements to your liking; just don't overdo the cherry tomatoes, as they're..."

Ingredients: halloumi cheese, leaf lettuce...

"This makes a lovely light lunch or a great starter salad for a classic Italian dinner!"

Ingredients: pepper, goat cheese...

"This is on my menu for Thanksgiving. I have made this before and it is so wonderfully delicate in flavor--perfect warm up to a larger meal, and perfect Fall recipe from Cooking Light."

Ingredients: fresh coarse ground black pepper, stone ground mustard...

"From Taste of Home. Unique salad with pear, apple, dried cranberry, swiss cheese and cashews. Also has a home made dressing."

Ingredients: dried cranberries, lemon juice...

"A nice, light summer salad. From Cooking Light."

Ingredients: pepper, bibb lettuce...

"This is a unique and interesting combination of pears and avocados that I ran across while looking for salad recipes in my cookbook collection. I made it and was surprised by the resulting tangy sweet salad that blended flavors very well."

Ingredients: Dijon mustard, bartlett pears...