25 March 2013

Pear Spinach Salad

Like I've mentioned before, eating is one of my absolute favorite things to do.  I feel a lot better about it when I'm eating fairly healthy and I love making easy things at home with my family.  I threw together a salad last week that I'm still thinking about, so I thought I'd share it with you:



I start out with the empty salad bowl & mixed in my family's oil & vinegar recipe for the dressing (Plain Olive Oil -Filippo Berio- and balsamic vinegar... More olive oil than vinegar.  Slice up onions (I used red this time) thinly & let sit in the dressing for a bit with a little salt & pepper.)

Once the onions had time to soak in the dressing (5 mins or so)  I tossed in:
~Baby Spinach Leaves (& a few leftover Boston Bibb leaves)
~Crushed Walnuts
~A Cut up Pear
~ Feta Cheese
~More Salt & Pepper

It was Heaven and so easy.

Now that the baby's a bit older, we're able to be a bit more organized about our meals again, which makes me so happy.  We've been making tentative weekly menus before grocery shopping & have been putting together some yummy meals.  There aren't many things I love more than making food at our big island and feeding my family.  (including feeding myself-- I'm no martyr ;) ;)

If I can get a tad more organized, I'll try to start sharing some of the recipes!  Have a great week!!
To check out some other easy recipes I've mentioned on the blog in the past, click here  (or under categories at the top, Click "Food")

ps- Thank you so much for all of the encouragement about the last project I shared!!



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13 comments:

  1. Love healthy and easy. I am definitely trying this. I have tried your garbanzo bean salad and it is a staple in our home. Love your blog and admire your design/decorating talent.

    Have a wonderful day!

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  2. One of my favorite combinations, hazelnuts are really good with the pears. My favorite pizza is pears with hazelnuts served with arugula on top. Yum, can you tell I am from California? lol

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  3. I love delicious, easy stuff - must try it. I signed up for thefresh20.com menu plans and they are simple, healthy, gourmet and cheap. We're eating amazing meals and grocery shopping is so fast now. I don't work for them, I'm just sharing :)

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  4. This looks great! You know, my Mother in Law marinates the onions in olive oil for her salads too! I think it's a special secret, I need to start doing this.

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  5. Sounds delicious! I am adding dried cranberries to it in my head right now :)

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  6. This sounds amazing! I can't decide if I'm more excited to try the dressing or the salad :)

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  7. Thank you for inspiring a similar salad for our dinner. I added roasted beets picked from our garden.

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  8. Catrina-- mm so good!! Will have to try!! :)

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  9. Looks delish. Gwynnie's people on Goop said that Walnuts are a superfood. I love eating them raw, but will add them to my salads now. Yum!

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  10. So funny! I randomly dropped by while eating the SAME salad!!! Minus the feta and I toast the walnuts on the stove and glaze with maple syrup. YUM!!

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