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🥗 Creamy Spinach-Pear Salad with Blue Cheese and Walnuts

517 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 300 g young spinach
• 2 lettuce hearts
• 2 pears
• 1 apple
• 200 g blue cheese
• 100 g walnut kernels
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 4 tbsp nut oil
• 1 tsp honey
• salt

Instructions

1. 1. Thoroughly wash the spinach and leaf salad under running water.
2. 2. Remove any tough stems or wilted parts from the greens.
3. 3. Tear the leaves into bite-sized pieces if they are still too large.
4. 4. Spin the greens dry so that the salad does not become watery.
5. 5. Wash the pears and the apple under running water.
6. 6. Cut the pears and the apple each into four quarters.
7. 7. Remove the core (the hard central area with seeds) from the quarters.
8. 8. Cut the pears into thin wedges or slices.
9. 9. Peel the apple.
10. 10. Cut the peeled apple into small, even cubes.
11. 11. Cut the blue cheese into small cubes.
12. 12. Distribute the washed salad ingredients onto plates.
13. 13. Decoratively arrange the pear wedges, apple cubes, cheese cubes, and walnuts on top of the salad.
14. 14. Whisk the vinegar with the lemon juice in a small bowl.
15. 15. Add the oil to the vinegar-lemon mixture.
16. 16. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of water to the dressing mixture.
17. 17. Add the honey to the mixture.
18. 18. Whisk the dressing vigorously with a spoon or whisk until well combined.
19. 19. Season the dressing to taste with salt.
20. 20. Drizzle the finished dressing evenly over the plated salad.
21. 21. Serve the salad immediately while fresh.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 517
• Protein: 19 g · Fett/Fat: 40 g · Carbs: 20 g