Author Notes
This is a very colorful salad especially for a Christmas time holiday dinner. I love the dressing and the salad can be made up of all sorts of lettuces adding in sliced pears, red walnuts, red onion, strawberries, and crumbled Gorgonzola.
—ibbeachnana
Ingredients
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12 ounces
clean spinach
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6-8 ounces
clean arugula
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1-2
pears thinly sliced
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4-6
fresh strawberries, sliced
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1/4
red onion , thinly sliced
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1/4 -1/2 cups
red walnut halves, broken into pieces
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1
shallot, finely minced
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1/4 cup
grapeseed oil
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3 tablespoons
Meyer lemon olive oil
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1 1/2 tablespoons
honey
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1 tablespoon
Champagne vinegar
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1/4 teaspoon
honey mustard
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Salt and white pepper to taste
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3 tablespoons
pear nectar
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1/2
pear, small dice
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crumbled Gorgonzola
Directions
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All of the salad ingredients can be prepared ahead of time, the pears being the exception and with all of the solutions for keeping them from turning them brown, I don't bother and slice them and add just before plating. The dressing is prepared ahead of time, even a day before, but keep refrigerated.
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The dressing ingredients: shallot, oils, honey, honey mustard, Champagne vinegar, nectar, and salt and pepper, whisk together and toss in the diced pear, refrigerate. Drizzle over individual salads or add some to a large bowl of salad, try not to over dress. The dressing makes about 2/3 of a cup. Top with crumbled gorgonzola.
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