Pear Salad With Lemon Dill Dressing

If you love fruit in your salad, this is a great salad for winter when fruit is scarce. It is super simple, yet very elegant. One of my family favorites. I made this up when trying to impress some dinner guest with a great salad in the dead of winter.

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 1 salad

Ingredients

• 1 (10 ounce) package  Baby Spinach
• 2  large  sweet ripe pears
• 1⁄2 cup  mild shredded cheddar cheese
• 1  cup  toasted whole pecans

• Lemon Dill Dressing

• 1⁄2 cup  meyer lemon juice
• 1  cup mayonnaise
• 2  tablespoons dried dill or 1  tablespoon fresh dill
• 3 (1 g) packets Splenda sugar substitute or 3  teaspoons sugar
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream

Directions

1. Salad:.
2. Place spinach in a large salad bowl. Top with chopped pears. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top. Spread toasted pecans on the top of the salad last.
3. Dressing:.
4. Mix mayo and lemon juice well. Add dill and Splenda mixing well. Lastly slowly incorporate the heavy cream. Refridgerate at least 4 hours. Serve dressing with salad.