Recipe: Pear & Blue Cheese Salad

Having a bag of salad or a head of lettuce in the fridge provides a quick and easy way to whip up a meal. This recipe pear and blue cheese salad is a great way to use up leftover cheese and it’s ready in just 5 minutes!

Preparation & Cooking Times

  • Preparation time: 5 minutes
  • Cooking time: None
  • Serves: 2

Ingredients

  • 1 (200g): bag crispy salad leaves
  • 2: ripe but firm pears, quartered, cored and sliced
  • 75g/ 3oz: Danish blue cheese, crumbled
  • A handful of walnuts
  • Pickled Onions

For the dressing

  • zest and juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 tbsp: vegetable oil
  • pinch of caster sugar
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Divide the leaves between two plates, top with the sliced pear. Scatter over the blue cheese, walnuts and pickled onions.

Whisk all the dressing ingredients together then season to taste. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve.

Cooking Tips

Serve with some crusty bread if you choose.

For more delicious salad  recipes and tips visit:  www.makemoreofsalad.co

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