Blue Cheese Pear Salad Recipe

Blue Cheese Pear Salad Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Be the first to write a review

Rate recipe

Tina Green of Albany, Oregon dishes up this refreshing salad as a main course on hot days or to serve with grilled meat. "It only takes a few minutes to prepare while the grill is warming," she notes. "I first tried it at a restaurant and adopted it to our taste."

This recipe is:

Contest Winning

Quick

[X]

Rate Blue Cheese Pear Salad Recipe

Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

[X]

Blue Cheese Pear Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

20 20

Ingredients

3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
1-1/2 cups torn Bibb or Boston lettuce
1/2 cup cubed cheddar cheese
1 medium pear, thinly sliced
1 slice sweet onion, separated into rings
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
3 tablespoons poppy seed salad dressing

Directions

In a small heavy skillet, melt sugar over low heat. Add walnuts and stir to coat. Remove from the heat.
Divide lettuce between two serving plates; top with the cheddar cheese, pear and onion. Sprinkle with blue cheese and sugared walnuts. Drizzle with dressing. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 3/4 cup (prepared with reduced-fat cheddar cheese and fat-free salad dressing) equals 312 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 682 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 12 g protein.

Originally published as Blue Cheese Pear Salad in Cooking for 2 Summer 2005, p 31