How To Make Candied Walnut and Pear Salad
Pear salad with dried cranberries, avocado, and spinach is a light and flavorful dish that comes with a fresh lemon poppyseed dressing.
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 10ozspinach
- 1canpears,sliced
- 1cupcandied walnuts
- ⅓cupdried cranberries
- 1largeavocado
- ⅓cupfeta cheese
For Lemon Poppyseed Dressing:
- 4tbsplemon juice,freshly squeezed
- ¼tsplemon zest
- ¼tsponion powder
- ½tspDijon mustard
- ¼tspsalt
- 3tbspwhite sugar
- ⅓cupVegetable Oil
- ½tbsppoppyseeds
Instructions
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Combine the lemon juice, lemon zest, onion powder, dijon mustard, salt and sugar in a blender or food processor. Blend or pulse until completely smooth. Slowly pour in the vegetable oil and blend.
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Stir in the poppyseeds.
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Rinse and dry the mixed greens.
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Thoroughly drain the pears.
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Add in the candied walnuts and dried cranberries.
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Remove the skin and pit of an avocado and dice.
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Toss all of the ingredients together with the dressing, add some feta cheese, and enjoy immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 287.99kcal
- Fat: 21.44g
- Saturated Fat: 3.06g
- Trans Fat: 0.10g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.58g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.59g
- Carbohydrates: 24.49g
- Fiber: 5.71g
- Sugar: 16.39g
- Protein: 3.82g
- Cholesterol: 7.42mg
- Sodium: 220.34mg
- Calcium: 109.30mg
- Potassium: 535.60mg
- Iron: 1.88mg
- Vitamin A: 234.98µg
- Vitamin C: 22.32mg
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