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icinglady1
01-07-2007, 02:48 AM
Cooking Light Holiday Cookbook

Vinaigrette:

1/2 cup canned whole-berry cranberry sauce
1/4 cup fresh orange juice(about 1 orange)
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt

Salad:

18 Bibb lettuce leaves (about 2 heads)
2 cups sliced peeled pear (about 2 pears)
2 tablepoons fresh orange juice (about 1 orange)
1 cup (1/8 inch slices) red onion, separated into rings
1/3 cup (1.3 oz) crumbled blue cheese
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted

1. To prepare vinaigrette, place first 7 ingredinets into a medium bowl; stir well with whisk.

2. To prepare salad, divide lettuce leaves evenly among 6 salad plates. Toss pear with 2 tablespoons orange juice. Divide pear and onion evenly among leaves. Top each serving with about 1 tablespoon blue cheese, and 1 teaspoon walnuts. Drizzle each serving with about 2 1/2 tablespoons vinaigrette. Servings ( 6 )

Calories 151, fat 5.8g, protein 3.1g, carb 23.8g, chol 5mg, fiber 3g, iron 0.8mg, sodium 192mg; calc 63mg