PointsPlus Spinach Salad With Pears, Almonds, And Cranberries Recipe

PointsPlus Spinach Salad With Pears, Almonds, And Cranberries Recipe
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Ripe, juicy pears can make just about any salad pop with sweet, fruity flavor, and cranberries contribute their unmistakable tang to a spinach salad with verve and flair.
Servings
4
servings
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon water
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoon coarse ground mustard
  • 2 teaspoon pancake syrup, preferably maple-flavored
  • 2 teaspoon minced shallot
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 6 ounce fresh baby spinach
  • 1 large ripe red pear, cored and sliced thinly into 12 pieces
  • 6 tablespoon dry-roasted unsalted chopped almonds
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
Directions
  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, water, oil, mustard, syrup, shallot, salt, and pepper until blended. Pour ¼ cup of the dressing into a large bowl. Add the spinach and toss until coated.
  2. Arrange 2 cups of dressed spinach on each of 4 salad plates. Top each with 3 pear slices and then sprinkle each with 1 ½ tablespoons of the almonds and 1 tablespoon of the dried cranberries. Drizzle each salad with about 1 tablespoon of the remaining dressing and serve.