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Winter Pear and Spinach Salad
What you need:
4 cups spinach, torn
2 large Bosc pears, thinly sliced
2 tablespoon red onions, minced
6 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
6 tablespoons water
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic, minced
What you do:
Place the spinach leaves on a large platter or individual salad plates. Arrange the pears on the spinach in a fan pattern. Sprinkle with the onions. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, water, oil, mustard and garlic. Drizzle over salad.
Preparation Time:
5 minutes
Cooking Time:
0
Servings:
4
Recipe Category:
SO HOW'D IT GO?
Made this for Thanksgiving, and it was really pretty and festive with the pear slices fanned out. The dressing was good, too. I didn't have red onion, so I threw a few tomato slices on top of the spinach for color. This is a really simple salad, but a good one, and the presentation was beautiful.
Delicious! I was unsure about putting red onion in a pear salad but it turned out to be lovely. :)>>>
:) Hi all. I've taken this salad to 2 parties and am taking it again tonight to a raw vegan potluck. It's always a hit!! ;)b I just throw it together though. I don't take the time to do the presentation listed but like I said, people give me rave reviews!! I generally use white wine vinegar rather than balsamic and whatever pears I can find at the store. Tonight I used apple cider vinegar and honestly I think it's lost a bit of it's bite ??? It's definitely still yummy though!! I love this recipe. Thanks tons for posting it!!
:-* :)>>>