Blue Cheese Pear Salad with Walnuts – Pears Perfected!

blue cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: goat cheese

Feta provides a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds are lower in calories and provide a similar crunch.

Start by making the dressing: combine heavy canola oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a bowl and whisk until combined.

Use mixed greens as the base for the salad.

Add cubed juicy pears to the salad, leaving the skin on for extra fiber.

Drizzle the dressing over the salad and use tongs to mix everything together to distribute the dressing evenly.

Add toasted walnuts to the salad for extra crunch and nutty flavor.

Top the salad with blue cheese crumbles.

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