Pear, Avocado & Walnut Salad
With Lemon Mustard Dressing
Great with blue cheese or feta, this salad is a nice alternative salad recipe to your standard Greek salad.
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 pear, core and stem removed, thinly sliced
- 2 cups rocket
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 avocado, thinly sliced
- 1 cup walnuts, halved
- 1/3 cup feta cheese or blue cheese, crumbled
- 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
Dressing
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup olive oil
Method
- To make the dressing, combine dressing ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
- Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat and add the walnuts.
- Stir frequently for 5 minutes or until the walnuts have become crispy. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine the pear, rocket, spinach, avocado, feta, pumpkin seeds and walnuts. Drizzle the dressing over and the salad.
- If desired, add some grilled chicken to this salad.
