Baby Kale Salad With Warm Maple-Pear Vinaigrette
Prep Time 30 min
Cook Time N/A
Servings 6
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- Warm Maple-Pear Vinaigrette
- 1/3 cup R.W. Knudsen Family® Spiced Pear Juice Blend
- 1 tbsp. white balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp. pure dark amber maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. black pepper
- 1/4 cup canola, sunflower or grapeseed oil
- Baby Kale Salad
- 1 (5 oz.) package mixed greens (baby kale, baby spinach and red and green chard)
- 1 medium red onion, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
- 3 Anjou pears, cored and sliced lengthwise
- 2 ounces chevre goat cheese with herbs, crumbled
- 1/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup caramelized pecans, chopped
Directions
- Step 1
COMBINE juice, vinegar, syrup, salt and pepper in small microwave-safe bowl. Whisk in oil gradually until well blended and slightly thickened.
- Step 2
DIVIDE greens evenly on salad plates. Top greens with onion, pears, cheese, cranberries and pecans.
- Step 3
MICROWAVE vinaigrette on HIGH 30 to 45 seconds or until warm. Drizzle vinaigrette over salad. Serve immediately.
Serving size
(1/6 of recipe)
- Calories 260
- Calories from Fat140g
- Total Fat 16g
- Saturated Fat 3g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 10mg
- Sodium 150mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 29g
- Dietary Fiber 5g
- Sugars 20g
- Protein 3g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet