Cranberry-Pear Tossed Salad

Submitted by seesko

"A great side salad or add chicken for a main dish."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup apricot nectar
• 1⁄3 cup red wine vinegar
• 1⁄3 cup canola oil
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
• 12 cups torn mixed salad greens
• 3 medium pears, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
• 3⁄4 cup crumbled blue cheese

directions

1. For dressing, in a bowl, whisk together the first six ingredients; set aside. In a heavy skillet, melt sugar over medium heat, stirring constantly. Add walnuts; stir to coat. Remove from the heat.
2. In a large salad bowl, combine greens, pears and cranberries. Drizzle with dressing. Add nuts and blue cheese; toss.

Reviews

[FLKeysJen]

The tangy dressing perfectly complements the sweet cranberries and pear! Adding chicken, this salad serves four people as a filling meal. Usually I'm a blue cheese advocate but I would leave it out of this salad next time - its flavor doesn't stand out enough against the others to be worth the fat grams.