FOOD! - POMEGRANATE & PEAR SALAD!

Are you looking for a new salad to serve at your Thanksgiving Dinner?  Do you like light and refreshing salads with few ingredients?  Then read on to find out how easy it is to put together this Pomegranate & Pear salad which is sure to be a hit!

To feed a crowd, mix all the ingredients together and serve from a large bowl.  Or make the bowls individually, allowing guests to choose how much of each topping they would like.  Following are the ingredients recommended for a salad that will serve around eight (8).

1 - 16oz package of Organic Baby Spring Mix

3-4 Medium sized Organic Pears, seeds removed & cubed into bite size pieces

2 Whole Pomegranates, opened & seeds removed.  2 will be more than enough, but 1 might not be quite enough, especially if you like Pomegranates.  Each Pomegranate will yield about 1 cup of seeds.  If you don't know how to extract the seeds from a Pomegranate, it's not that difficult, but save yourself some trouble and Google search it.  Purchasing bags of prepared Pomegranates would be fine too.

2-3 cups of Walnuts lightly chopped.  Whole pieces would just be too big, but you don't want dust.  Use 2 cups if you don't want too many nuts or 3 if everyone enjoys nuts.

1/2 cup of Organic Raw Blue Agave

Mix all ingredients together and serve!  Conversely, I'd recommend a couple handfuls of Baby Spring Mix, about 1/3-1/2 of a Pear, 2-3 tablespoons of Pomegranates, 2 tablespoons of Walnuts and a drizzle of Agave within each individual bowl.  

This simple recipe is a variation from a Williams-Sonoma recipe that I came across.  

Let me know what you think!  Enjoy!