Pear and Walnut Salad with Pomegranate

This salad comes from Willaims-Sonoma’s cookbook “Eat Well”. The salad tastes much better than it looks…these arent the best photos ever…sorry for that!  This salad would be perfect served  WITh dinner or as a lunch.  The pomegranate seeds add a great crunch!

serves 4.

Ingredients

• 3 T Cider Vinegar
• 2 T olive oil
• 1 T honey
• 1 T dijon mustard
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• mixed baby greens (8 oz)
• 2 ripe pears (cored and sliced)
• pomegranate seeds (~1/2 cup or one whole pomegranate)
• toasted walnut pieces
• gorgonzola cheese

Directions

To make the dressing, combine the first 5 ingredients (1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper).  Add the greens to a salad bowl, top with the dressing, and toss.  Top with the pears, pom seeds, walnut pieces (toasted in the oven at 400 degrees for a few minutes), and gorgonzola cheese.

Onto the main event…brownies