A simple flavorful salad of baby greens, pears and walnuts with a an easy, homemade blue cheese salad dressing.
Baby Greens, Pear, Walnut, And Blue Cheese Salad
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 medium shallot minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 5-ounce bag mixed baby greens
- 2 large ripe pears halved, cored, thinly sliced lengthwise
- 1 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1 cup walnuts toasted, coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Dressing:
- In a small bowl combine the lemon juice, mustard, shallot and thyme. Whisk to blend. Gradually whisk in oil.
- Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
- Salad:
- Toss greens in large bowl with enough dressing to coat. Top with pears, cheese and walnut.
- Drizzle lightly with remaining dressing and serve.
I just realized that your directions say nothing about adding the pears, cheese, and nuts. Just a friendly suggestion: perhaps you want to amend that so it can be clearer. Thank you.
this salad worked out great! I changed so much though: pecans instead of walnuts, goat cheese instead of blue cheese (too hard to find), & instead of mixed greens, I used artisan romaine lettuce leaves & filled them with a mixture of the rest. it was so good! thanks for the great ideas.