Pan-Seared PEAR SALAD RECIPE | Simple WINTER SALAD

blue cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: goat cheese

Feta cheese provides a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds are nutritious and often less expensive.

balsamic vinegar

🥗Healthier: red wine vinegar

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is a budget-friendly alternative with a similar acidity.

honey

🥗Healthier: agave syrup

💰Cheaper: maple syrup

Maple syrup can be a more affordable sweetener.

Quarter and core each pear.

Sprinkle pears with sugar and gently toss.

Over medium heat, spray a large skillet with non-stick spray.

Add bacon to the skillet and cook to desired doneness, turning halfway through.

Remove bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and safely discard oil.

Return the skillet to the stove and spray with non-stick spray again.

Add the pear quarters to the skillet, cut side down, and cook until brown on all sides.

Remove pears from heat and allow to cool for 30 minutes.

To make the salad dressing, pour olive oil into a bottle.

Add vinegar, maple syrup, salt, and black pepper to the bottle.

Secure the jar with a lid and shake until thoroughly combined.

Rinse the salad greens and dry them.

Place greens onto a plate.

Slice green onions and sprinkle them onto the salad.

Add crumbled blue cheese onto the salad.

Top with crumbled bacon.

Drizzle salad dressing over the salad.

Top the salad with pan-seared pears.

Garnish with more blue cheese and crumbled bacon.

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