Perfect dinner salad - Spinach, Pear and Blue Cheese Salad!
Fall is in full swing here. The temperatures have dropped. The leaves are changing and pumpkins are everywhere you look. I'm all ready to dive into pasta dishes and soups. However, I still want a salad. The spinach, pear and blue cheese salad is a great fall salad.
This is as simple as simple can be...just fresh baby spinach, a quick homemade blue cheese dressing, sliced pears and a few spiced pecans or honey roasted cashews!
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Spinach, Pear and Blue Cheese Salad
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons heavy cream
- 5 Tablespoons blue cheese
- 4 cups fresh spinach leaves
- 1 whole fresh pear (sliced thinly)
- ¼ cup candied pecans
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine cream and 2 Tablespoons blue cheese. Mash blue cheese into cream. Set aside.
- Place 1 cup spinach on 4 plates.
- Drizzle with blue cheese mixture.
- Divide pear slices between each plate.
- Sprinkle remaining blue cheese over salads.
- Sprinkle candied pecans on salads.
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Miriam - londonkitchendiaries.com says
What a beautiful taste combination and so perfect for fall. Love apples paired with blue cheese! Thanks for sharing!
Kathy says
Blue cheese tastes so yummy with so many fruits!
Megan - The Emotional Baker says
Simple is the best sometimes! I love this fall salad 🙂
Manali@CookWithManali says
this simple salad sounds just about perfect for lunch!
Stacey @ The Sugar Coated Cottage says
Angels are singing right now, pears and blue cheese are heaven together! This salad is wonderful and perfect now that pear season is here. Delicious! Take care.
Kathy says
Thanks! They are perfect together 🙂
Amanda says
This is salad perfection. There is no better combination than pears and blue cheese!
Dawn @ Girl Heart Food says
Love Fall and all the colours of the leaves and the cooler temps. I also love a good salad and the ingredients in this one are totally calling my name! We just picked up a yummy creamy blue cheese and this salad would be a perfect way to use some of it 🙂 Can't wait to try!
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
Wonderful looking delicious and healthy salad, Kathy. I generally avoid blue cheese, but after looking at this recipe, I won't mind to eat it. Love how simple it is.
Kushi says
such a delicious combination!
karrie @ Tasty Ever After says
Fall is definitely here and this salad is absolutely perfect for it! Extra blue cheese for me please 🙂
Nicoletta @sugarlovespices says
Pear and blue cheese go hand in hand, if you add spinach and a lovely touch of crunch with the candied pecans you have a great dish. Love it!
Kathy says
I can eat just the sliced pear with blue cheese. Such a great combination.
Adina says
So simple and so delicious, I love this kind of salad!
Kathy says
It's one of my favorites.
Laura ~ RYG says
Fall is definitely here and I'm not complaining about the cooler fall temps! What a fun salad, it's one of those easy but still fancy salads, like the ones you'd serve to company. And they'd be really impressed!!!
Kathy says
Perfect for company. In the summer I often eat salad as my main meal, but the rest of the year salads are a side dish with a heartier meal.
David @ Spiced says
Oh, this sounds like an amazing lunch idea! In fact, I have some extra blue cheese in the fridge that I need to eat. Now I just need to pick up some pears and spinach, and I'll be all set. Yum!!
Kathy says
It's a perfect salad for lunch!
Allie | In This Kitchen says
Ahh, this sounds so good - I cannot think of a better combination for a salad than this. With some toasty pecans... Yum!!! Beautiful photos as well.
Kathy says
The pecans add just the perfect amount of crunch.
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen says
So easy and such a great combination Kathy!
Kathy says
I love easy and delicious 🙂
Kate @ Framed Cooks says
Simple and elegant and just plain perfect, Kathy. 🙂
Kathy says
Some salads are best with just simple ingredients.
Geraldine | Green Valley Kitchen says
I went to an event recently where they served this salad but also added cranberries - it was really great! Looking forward to trying your version, Kathy. I'm envious of your fall description - no let up in the heat here - in the 90s this weekend!
Kathy says
Cranberries would be lovely sprinkled on top. I was at a soccer tournament this past weekend and the temps were in the 80s. It was wonderful, especially since it was 45 and rainy back home! A little change of any weather is always nice.