Pear Chicken Salad Recipe

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This beautiful, flavorful salad from Rebecca Baird of Salt Lake City, Utah is sprinkled with feta cheese, sweetened cranberries and walnuts for extra depth, pop, and crunch.

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Pear Chicken Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

6 cups spring mix salad greens
1 medium ripe pear, sliced
1-1/2 cups cooked chicken strips
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
DRESSING:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper

Directions

On each of four salad plates, arrange the greens, pear, chicken, feta cheese, cranberries and nuts. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients; drizzle over salads. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 2 cups equals 348 calories, 22 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 48 mg cholesterol, 203 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 21 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 fat, 2-1/2 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fruit.

Originally published as Pear Chicken Salad in Simple & Delicious January/February 2007, p41