Pear, Walnut & Blue Cheese Composed Salad

Submitted by SavvyL

"A fast and easy salad made with "fall/winter" ingredients. Be sure to toast your walnut halves! This salad would also be good drizzled with extra honey on top."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 pear, cored and sliced
• 3 cups arugula
• 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley leaves, torn
• 16 walnut halves, toasted
• 1⁄4 cup blue cheese, crumbled

• Dressing Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon seasoning salt

directions

1. In a small bowl, combine vinegar, honey, salt and pepper. Slowly drizzle in olive oil, whisking vigorously to emulsify the dressing.
2. In a medium bowl, combine torn parsley leaves, arugula and about one half, or so, of the dressing (to suit your taste).
3. Divide the arugula mixture evenly among 4 salad plates.
4. Top each plate evenly with the sliced pears, walnut halves and crumbled blue cheese.
5. Drizzle 1 tablespoon, or so, of the remaining dressing on each plate.