by Laura Falin posted in Life & Home

I feel like everyone I know is trying to eat healthy this month.
It's a combination of New Year's resolutions and possibly an overload of holiday treats last month...but this month I'm trying to eat more veggies and at some point I'm going to start running again. No, really. I am.
This salad is a great healthy recipe -- and it's chock full of vitamin C and other good things that help keep colds at bay and keep us going in these cold winter months. A green salad in the dark, bleak winter that reminds me beautiful things do grow somewhere in this world...just not here in the frozen tundra where I live.
It's an easy recipe to throw together, and the pears and maple balsamic dressing give it some sweetness. And these are all fruits and vegetables that are in season right now -- even my grocery store here in the arctic wilds of Colorado has them. Spinach Pear Salad
Ingredients:

1 bunch spinach
1 red pear, sliced
1 c chopped pecans
1/2 c feta cheese
1/4 c balsamic vinegar
1/3 c olive oil
3 Tb maple syrup
2 tsp dijon mustard

Instructions:
Toss spinach, pears, pecans, and cheese in a salad bowl. In a small bowl or jar with lid, combine balsamic vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, and mustard and mix well. Pour salad dressing over salad and toss. Serve.

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