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arugula pear salad

tiggher avatar
Recipe by
C. Lipori (organic cook)
@tiggher
Antigo, WI

This was another "guessipe" I tried out with ingredients I love. I always use high quality organic ingredients but you could use conventional ingredients as well. I tried adding bacon but honestly, didn't really notice it that much as the gorgonzola cheese is a pungent cheese and kind of takes over the flavor. When I use one package of arugula it seems it's more of a chunky salad unless I use two packages. But who knows, maybe you like chunky salads? If the cheese crumbles are really big break them up so they are smaller.

yield 2 -4
prep time 15 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For arugula pear salad

  • 1 to 2 pkg
    prewashed baby arugula in the 4 oz containers.
  • 1 pkg
    gorgonzola cheese crumbles 5 oz package
  • 1 md
    red pepper, chopped
  • 1 md
    pear, chopped
  • 1 md
    cucumber, peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 c
    extra virgin olive oil
  • 2-3 tsp
    balsamic vinegar
  • 2-3 clove
    fresh garlic, pressed
  • 1 tsp
    himalayan salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    black pepper
  • 4 slice
    bacon cooked and crumbled(optional)

How To Make arugula pear salad

  • 1
    To start dressing: Put oil, pressed garlic, salt, pepper and vinegar into small bowl. Set aside.
  • 2
    In large salad bowl, empty container/s of arugula, add in (chopped) cucumbers, pepper and pear.
  • 3
    With a whisk, whisk up oil and ingredients till mixed well. Then pour over top of vegetables and fruit in the large salad bowl.
  • 4
    Mix up the oil mixture with the vegetables and fruit with salad fork and spoon till dressing is covered the vegetables and fruit well.
  • 5
    Pour in the gorgonzola crumbles and mix well, then serve into bowls. Garnish with a few cheese crumbles.
  • 6
    Optional: crumble bacon into salad mixture.
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