Pear, walnut and blue cheese bread salad

Serves: 2
Time to make: 25 mins

Total cost: $ 9.40 / $ 4.70 per serve

(at time of publication)

Pear, walnut and blue cheese bread salad

Ingredients
Nutrition Info.(per serve)

2 ripe pears, unpeeled, cut in wedges
½ red onion, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons roughly chopped walnuts
½ cup edamame beans, thawed
2 cups broccoli florets
2 slices grainy bread
3 cups rocketarugulaX
50g blue cheese
Miso vinaigrette
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
¼ cup orange juice
1 teaspoon sesame oil
½ teaspoon miso paste
2 tablespoons hot water

Nutrition Info

Kilojoules 2160kJ
Calories 515cal
Protein 21g
Total fat 22g
Saturated fat 6g
Carbohydrates 50g
Sugars 30g
Dietary fibre 16g
Sodium 490mg
Calcium 270mg
Iron 3.5mg

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a baking dish with baking paper. Arrange pear wedges and onion on dish and bake for 10 minutes. Add walnuts and bake a further 5 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.

2 Steam or microwave edamame and broccoli for 2 minutes. Run under cold water to cool. Drain and set aside.

3 In a bowl, combine miso vinaigrette ingredients with a fork. Toast bread and cut or tear into chunks.

4 In a large bowl, place rocket, toasted bread, vegetables, pears and onion. Add vinaigrette and toss gently to coat. Divide between plates and crumble blue cheese over.

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