Roasted Red Onion And Pear Salad ..... This salad tastes as good as it looks!

Roasted Red Onion and Pear Salad

This recipe was a prize winning salad. Pears are so tasty at this time of the year and so plentiful.

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons orange juice

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon honey

1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme

6 Tablespoons vegetable oil or olive oil

Salt and pepper

1 red onion, cut into 1 inch wedges, with root intact

1 head Bib lettuce, leaves separated but left whole

1 6 ounce bag baby spinach (about 8 cups)

1 ripe pear, cored and cut into 1 inch chunks

1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese

1/3 cup smoke house almonds, chopped coarse

1/4 cup dried cranberries

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Directions:

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk orange and lemon juices, mustard, honey, and thyme together in medium bowl. Gradually whisk in 4 Tablespoons oil. Season with salt and pepper.

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Toss onion wedges with remaining 2 Tablespoons oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Transfer to baking sheet and roast until brown and soft, about 25 minutes, flipping wedges halfway through cooking. Cool 15 minutes.

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Divide Bibb lettuce leaves among individual salad plates. Toss spinach with 1/4 cup dressing in large bowl. Divide spinach among plates. Arrange roasted onion, pear, goat cheese, almonds, and cranberries on top. Drizzle with remaining dressing and serve. Serves 6