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Pear and Blue Cheese Salad
SPERL25
"This salad brings together ingredients that really enhance each other, and the dressing packs a perfect punch with maple syrup, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. It's a favorite in my family!"
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Ingredients
15 m servings 397 calsOriginal recipe yields 6 servings
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- Place the salad greens in a large bowl. Add the red onion, pear, pecans, and blue cheese, and toss to mix evenly.
- To make the dressing, place the maple syrup, vinegar, mayonnaise, brown sugar, salt, and pepper in a blender, and blend thoroughly. With the motor running, slowly pour in the walnut oil. Blend until mixture becomes creamy, about 1 minute. Pour over salad mixture, and toss to coat greens evenly. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 397 calories; 30.2 g fat; 25.3 g carbohydrates; 8 g protein; 15 mg cholesterol; 631 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
9/17/2007
I made this salad to take to a holiday dinner, but I made it first just for my family to make sure that we liked it. I made a recipe to serve 6. When I took the salad to the holiday dinner I in...
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11/7/2010
I have made this salad, but used Poppyseed Dressing in a bottle. Found that using 1/2 bottle was just right. For those who don't want to go to the trouble of making their own dressing, this is...
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9/17/2007
I made this salad to take to a holiday dinner, but I made it first just for my family to make sure that we liked it. I made a recipe to serve 6. When I took the salad to the holiday dinner I in...
6/29/2009
Cha-ching! I loved this - everyone loved it. Only thing I did differently is I subbed honey for the maple syrup which I always do when it's called for in any recipe and I used just a bit less ...
10/14/2008
Better than 5 stars!!! I made this salad exactly as it's listed and it was awesome. I had a ton of dressing left over. Since there are so many great ingredients and flavors in this salad a littl...
10/17/2010
This is my favorite salad to make but definitely just use half the dressing or it is too 'soupy' and lettuce will become wilted. I don't keep walnut oil on hand so I use olive oil in the dressi...
5/9/2009
My family and I love this recipe with a few simple adjustments. First, we double the amount of salad because the amount of dressing this makes is way too much for just one bag. Or we refrigera...
10/1/2009
I made this salad for a gathering and it was the hit of the meal. Everyone asked for the recipe and on a scale of 1 to 10 said it was an 11. Here are my modifications. I did not candy the pecan...
1/2/2011
great salad didn't change a thing except used pancake syrup instead of real maple and it was just fine on the sweet side but delicious!!!
12/30/2009
I looked for this recipe after having something similar at a fancy French dinner party. I made the recipe as is, with the exception of roasting the pear slices in the oven. It's a little extra w...