Red Bartlett Pear and Goat Cheese Salad with Tilapia

Dinner 4.09.2010: Red Bartlett Pear and Goat Cheese Salad with Tilapia

Red Bartlett Pear and Goat Cheese Salad with Tilapia

I got some Bartlett pears this week in my CSA box and instead of just eating them, which is good too, why not put them in a salad? I'm not one the says OMG a lot, but this salad did it for me. It was so yummy I could not stop saying 'Hmm' between every bite.

Dressing

• 2 tbs good olive oil
• 1 tbs pear or fig infused Balsamic vinegar (Alessi's)
• 1/2 tsp honey
• 3 pinches real salt
• 5 turns on the black pepper mill
• 1/2 tsp whole grain mustard (Trader Joe's)
• 1 pinch granulated garlic 
• 1 pinch herbs de province
• ADD: 1 tbsp mixed dried fruit (apricot, peach, pear, apple, raisins) or any one or combination of them, finely diced. Let the dried fruit marinade in the dressing for a few minutes while you get the salad ingredients ready.
  

Salad Ingredients (2 servings)

• 4-6 leafs green or red leaf lettuce, depending in the size
• handful of mixed greens
• a bit of red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 red Bartlett pear or any other pear, cut into small slices of your liking
• pine nuts & sliced almonds
• goat cheese

When you are ready to serve the salad toss all ingredients with the dressing. Serve immediately.

Make it a Meal with Tilapia

• Tilapia filets
• kosher salt
• black pepper
• olive oil for the pan

Wash the fillets, pat dry with paper towel and lightly season with salt and pepper. Fry the fillets with a little bit of oil in a non-stick pan (I like Scanpan) over medium heat.

Red Bartlett Pear and Goat Cheese Salad with Tilapia