Pear Salad with Bacon, Gorgonzola & Toasted Walnuts

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Last week, I made dinner for a boy. I made pasta deliciousness and a pear salad with bacon and gorgonzola because boys like bacon. 

I say that with tongue in cheek because they’re not really still boys at 28. (Or are they? Married ladies, you tell me).

I made dinner for a date and this is the part where I’m going to come clean and confess something.

Despite the fact that my ideal day includes spending six hours in the kitchen with a thin film of flour coating my shirt, and despite the fact that I publish a website where I write recipes, I had not one freaking clue what I was going to cook until the night before dinner, when I stood in Trader Joe’s staring at the shopping list I’d haphazardly jotted down at 7:30 a.m. as though it was penned in Greek.

And I don’t understand Greek.

When you’re cooking with someone new, particularly when it’s someone who knows that you write a website about cooking, you might find yourself feeling a little bit oh, pressured to make a good meal.

When you’ve claimed over drinks that you’d like to one day attend culinary school, it goes without saying that you have above-average kitchen skills. You will want to do a good job.

(Pro tip: don’t tell future dates if you write a website about cooking).

But if you’re like me and you have a big mouth and you can’t stop yourself from blurting out “and I write this blog” on your first date, you can do anything you want for the main course and dress it up with a fancy salad to serve while you’re waiting for dinner to cook, cool, defrost or arrive at your door in the hands of a capable Asian delivery man.

Pear Salad with Bacon, Gorgonzola and Toasted Walnuts
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Recipe type: Cooking for One or Two, Worknight Dinners
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Serves: 2 servings
 
Ingredients
  • 4 cups mixed baby greens
  • 1 pear (cored and sliced)
  • 2 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled)
  • ¼ cup Gorgonzola (crumbled)
  • ¼ cup toasted walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
Instructions
  1. Assemble salad: greens, bacon, pears, walnuts and Gorgonzola. Mix the lemon juice, oil and dijon mustard in a small bowl. Toss the salad with the dressing to coat.
 

 

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14 Comments

  • Reply
    jen ramos
    January 30, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    I had the same question…How did he like it?
    It looks DELICIOUS from here! Infact this is one of my favorite types of salads….! Cute post. 🙂

  • Reply
    Sonja @ ActiveFoodie
    January 23, 2010 at 2:40 am

    I have a feeling that he was pleased by this salad 🙂 Looks delicious!

  • Reply
    Cynthia
    January 22, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Oh Maris, you made me laught with this post 🙂

  • Reply
    Melissa Murphy
    January 22, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    the salad had bacon- for most men that gets you an A+.
    will we get to hear what you served for dinner?

  • Reply
    Chez Us
    January 22, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    Too funny! Now … Boy? New city? Do tell …..

  • Reply
    Kerstin
    January 20, 2010 at 11:55 pm

    Haha, mind is definitely still a boy at 32 🙂 There is definitely more pressure at potlucks when people know I have a blog! Your salad looks so amazing though and I’m sure it was a big hit!

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    Megan
    January 20, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    I made a salad similar to this for my parents for our Christmas dinner this past December and it was a complete hit! I love the flavor combination of this salad, so glad to see you blogging about it 🙂

  • Reply
    Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)
    January 20, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    Well, did he like it?

  • Reply
    Sarah Caron
    January 20, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    Ooooh, that salad looks impressive AND delicious. And personally, I think they are always boys … until they are old men. There is no in between.

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    Juliana
    January 20, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    Great salad…like the idea of pear, bacon and walnut…very nice!

  • Reply
    mandy
    January 20, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Looks delicious Maris, as always!

  • Reply
    kat
    January 20, 2010 at 10:26 am

    A beautiful salad. I find once I tell people that I write a food blog they are sudden;y afraid to cook for me

  • Reply
    Daryl
    January 20, 2010 at 8:09 am

    That looks absolutely magnificent. A work of art!

  • Reply
    Joanne
    January 20, 2010 at 7:29 am

    I have definitely made that mistake before! However, what I have found is that most guys have limited cooking skills and so basically anything that you make seems like a big deal to them.
    This is a delicious first course salad! I feel like the bacon and gorgonzola would win any guy’s heart.

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