Pear and Blue Cheese Walnut Salad

Pear and Blue Cheese Walnut Salad

Dig into this fresh pear and blue cheese salad, made with chopped walnuts, dried cranberries, and a mouthwatering honey mustard dressing. This salad is easy to make, ultra-flavorful, and perfect for serving.

Course dinner, holiday, Salad, thanksgiving

Cuisine American

Keyword pear blue cheese walnut salad, pear salad

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 450kcal

Author Erin Antoniak

Ingredients

Salad

16 oz salad spring mix
2 pears sliced
2 cups chopped walnuts
5 oz dried cranberries
5 oz crumbled blue cheese

Dressing

⅓ cup olive oil
3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

In a large salad bowl, add lettuce. Add sliced pears, chopped walnuts, dried cranberries, and crumbled blue cheese.
Mix together all of the dressing ingredients in a glass measuring cup.
Pour dressing overtop of salad and toss until well combined. Serve!

Notes

Add the dressing right before serving. This keeps the pears from browning and greens the greens from wilting.
Make ahead and longer storage. Keep the dressing and salad separate and hold off on slicing the pears until you're ready to eat.
Mix well. Whisk all ingredients (balsamic, honey, dijon, olive oil) together really well so it fully emulsifies and coats every bite.

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