Veggie Mondays: Pear, Walnut And Blue Cheese Salad With A Kick Of Cranberry Vinaigrette

Just because you are a vegetarian or want to try out a meat-free meal does not mean that the meal should be flavourless.

Meat-free does not mean flavour-free!

Our weekly vegetarian recipes will be filled with taste and goodness, so much so that meat-lovers might even want to try out the health benefits of one meat-free meal a week.

This week, we’re cooking up a veggie storm with a pear, walnut and blue cheese salad, topped off with a tasty drizzle of cranberry vinaigrette.

Perfect for a starter, lunch or light dinner, this salad is fresh, delicious and full of omega-3 fatty acids.

You will need 15 minutes to prepare this delicious salad…

Serves 6

Ingredients

Lettuce leaves

2 cups of sliced, peeled pear

2 tablespoons of fresh orange juice

1 cup of red onion slices

1/3 cup of crumbled blue cheese

2 tablespoons of crushed, toasted walnuts

Method

Divide the lettuce leaves evenly among 6 salad plates

Toss pear with 2 tablespoons orange juice

Divide pear and onion evenly among leaves

Top each serving with about 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 teaspoon walnuts

For the vinaigrette…

Ingredients

1/2 cup canned whole-berry cranberry sauce 

1/4 cup fresh orange juice (about 1 orange)

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger

1/4 teaspoon salt

Method

Place ingredients in a bowl

Stir well and whisk!

Ta-dahhh.... A light, delicious salad with a distinctly more-ish flavour!