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Cooking with Barbara Brown

 

 

 

 

 

Pear and Lettuce Salad

Dressing:

  • 1/4 cup orange juice

  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

  • 1 teaspoon honey

  • 2 teaspoons canola or walnut oil

Salad:

  • 4 cups baby lettuce, washed and spun dry

  • 2 ripe pears, halved, cored and sliced

  • 2 tablespoons chopped pistachio nuts

  • 1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled

  1.  Whisk together all dressing ingredients.  Set aside.

  2. Arrange lettuce equally on four plates. 

  3.  Top lettuce with equal amounts of pear slices.

  4.   Sprinkle 1/4 of nuts and cheese over each plate.

  5.  Whisk dressing to recombine ingredients.  Drizzle salads with dressing. 

Yield:  4 servings

Nutrition Facts
Servings per recipe:4.....................
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1447..........................                      Calories from fat 63
............................................................           % Daily Value
Total Fat 7g                                                               11%
.........   Saturated Fat 2g                                               9%
Cholesterol 8mg                                                          3%
Sodium 129mg                                                            5%
Carbohydrate 15g                                                        5%
............Dietary Fiber 5g                                               21%
Protein 8g                                                                  16%
Vitamin A:95%
             Vitamin C: 77%                 Folacin: 91%
Calcium: 21%.........       Iron: 8%            
        Potassium: 38% 

Modified from original source: http://www.aicr.org

Provided by:

Barbara Brown
Food Specialist
OSU Cooperative Extension Service
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-6141
bbrown@okstate.edu