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Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad is for Salad.

Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad takes 25 minutes to cook.

Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad are:

2 d'anjou red pears, sliced in half
1/4 cup blue cheese crumbled
1/4 cup toasted walnuts-chopped
1/4 cup dried cranberries-rough chopped
1 green onion-chopped fine
2 TB-Honey Balsamic Vinegar or nice light vinegar
4 TB-olive oIl
1 TB-dijon mustard

Here is how you make Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad:

Spray pie dish with non-stick spray. Place pears in pie dish and bake in 375 degree oven for 30 minutes. While pears are baking, combine blue cheese crumbles, walnuts, cranberries and green onion. Mix until blended. Remove pears from pie dish. Let cool for 10 minutes then place blue cheese mixture in the center core of pears. Let sit while you prepare the dressing.There will be some pear juices at the bottom of the pie dish. Don't throw juice away. Mix Honey Balsamic Vinegar with pear juices, olive oil, Dijon mustard and whisk until blended well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour over blue cheese mixture and pears. Serve on green. Serves 2 as entrees, 4 as first course. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ANNETTEBELISLE.

The nutritional information for Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 241.7

• Total Fat: 14.6 g
• Cholesterol: 20.0 mg
• Sodium: 323.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
• Protein: 11.5 g

The dietary needs meet for Baked Pear and Blue Cheese Salad is Vegetarian