Pear & Walnut Salad With Balsamic Vinaigrette

"I came up with this salad recipe for Father's Day, and it was a huge hit. I strongly recommend recipe #154351 and recipe #323254 in this!! (I used both walnuts and pecans when making the candied nuts.) It's really pretty if you can get yellow pear tomatoes and use a red pepper, or vise versa."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4-6
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directions

  • Assemble salad.
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. Awesome! This has all the flavors I love. I diced a roma tomato instead of using cherry tomatoes and the dressing was a homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
     
  2. What a nice lunch this made with fresh homemade bread. Yummy. The salad was perfect, it tasted as good as it looked. I used a vine ripen tomato, chopped pecans and white balsamic vinaigrette, it was what I had in the house. They worked great in this recipe. The organic baby Spring Mixed Greens were a nice base for the pears and feta. Thanks for sharing this tasty treat Katzen. Made for Favorites of 2010.
     
  3. Pleasing visual and flavor combo - I like the walnut/pear "pair" especially. I used an Asian pear; they hold up much better in salads. I'm sure your family will want this to be a Father's Day tradition!
     
  4. Mmmm...fresh, sweet/tangy, crunchy goodness! This, my friends, is what salad is all about. To top it all off, my 2 year old DS ate every bite and went back for 3rds! I used a sundried tomato vinaigrette, and used fresh snow peas instead of red pepper as they were more DS-friendly. I didn't remember until the last second that my feta was sundried tomato and basil flavored, but it still worked out great. Finally, I second the suggestion of using January Bride's Recipe #323254--they were really the icing for this recipe. Thanks for posting! Made for Veg*n Swap #20.
     
  5. My husband and I really liked this salad. The walnuts added such a nice crunch, but the pear slices added a natural sweetness that, offset against the feta cheese and balsamic vinaigrette, really made for a wonderful taste sensation. I followed the advice offered in the recipe intro, and used Recipe #154351. This is definitely a salad we will have regularly. Tasty, healthy, and very appealing. Thanks for sharing, Katzen.
     
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  1. Awesome! This has all the flavors I love. I diced a roma tomato instead of using cherry tomatoes and the dressing was a homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
     
  2. Mmmm...fresh, sweet/tangy, crunchy goodness! This, my friends, is what salad is all about. To top it all off, my 2 year old DS ate every bite and went back for 3rds! I used a sundried tomato vinaigrette, and used fresh snow peas instead of red pepper as they were more DS-friendly. I didn't remember until the last second that my feta was sundried tomato and basil flavored, but it still worked out great. Finally, I second the suggestion of using January Bride's Recipe #323254--they were really the icing for this recipe. Thanks for posting! Made for Veg*n Swap #20.
     

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I'm a now vegan who used to make one heck of a souvlaki. I love cooking, I was a huge fan of Moosewood and Molly Katzen prior to going vegan (although that has nothing to do with my choosing the name Katzen - that's just what my German Grandma has called me all my life.) Aside from cooking, I also love scuba diving, cycling, politics, and reading.
 
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