Pear and Greens Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
Updated Dec 5, 2024
Bursting with sweet pears, tart cranberries and crunchy pecans, this 15-minute salad is topped off with a tasty maple dressing.
Pear and Greens Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 15 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Vinaigrette
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup or organic maple-flavored syrup
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
Salad
- 1/3 cup pecan halves
- 8 cups torn mixed salad greens
- 3 medium pears, peeled, cut into wedges
- 1/3 cup organic sweetened dried cranberries
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, mix all vinaigrette ingredients except oil with wire whisk. Beat in oil until blended.
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Step2Place pecans in 1-cup glass measuring cup. Microwave on High 2 minutes to 2 minutes 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until browned.
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Step3Divide salad greens among 6 serving plates. Arrange pear wedges on greens; sprinkle with pecans and cranberries. Drizzle vinaigrette over salads.
Nutrition
240
Calories
14g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
18g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 240
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 14g
- 21%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 360mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 20%
- Sugars
- 18g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 70%
- 70%
- Vitamin C
- 25%
- 25%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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