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Arugula salad with caramelized onions, walnuts, pears, and Gorgonzola cheese

Published: Nov 21, 2012 | 5 Comments

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Arugula salad with caramelized onions, brown sugar walnuts, pears, and crumbled Gorgonzola cheese. Healthy, delicious salad – perfect side dish for all kinds of main dishes!
Arugula salad with caramelized onions, walnuts, pears, and Gorgonzola cheese

I haven’t posted a single Thanksgiving-related recipe this season, and what am I posting the night before the Thanksgiving Day? Not a recipe for stuffing, pie, pumpkin soup or potato gratin. No. I am posting a salad recipe. A Thanksgiving salad recipe – Arugula salad with caramelized onions, walnuts, pears, and Gorgonzola cheese. Who eats salads on Thanksgiving, you might ask?

Truth be told, I’ve been so busy for the last 2 weeks (but I won’t mire you with details), that all of my Thanksgiving cooking this season will have to happen only on one single day, which is tomorrow. Besides, arugula seems to be a very much Thanksgiving type of green, isn’t it? So, it’s not too bad for a pre-Thanksgiving night. And, on a second thought, this arugula salad could be a great post-Thanksgiving detox meal, as well: you know, after eating too much turkey, it might not be a bad idea to just have a simple arugula salad for lunch the next day. So here it goes:

Arugula salad with caramelized onions, walnuts, pears, and Gorgonzola cheese

Brown Sugar Walnuts:

Caramelizing walnuts

Caramelized Onions:

Caramelizing onions

Sliced Pears:

Pears

Arugula salad with caramelized onions, brown sugar walnuts, pears, and crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
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Arugula salad with caramelized onions, walnuts, pears, and Gorgonzola cheese
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

Arugula salad with caramelized onions, brown sugar walnuts, pears, and crumbled Gorgonzola cheese.  Easy, healthy, delicious arugula salad.  Perfect for every day or for holidays. 

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American, French
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 253 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
Salad Dressing:
  • 2 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
  • 4 tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Honey
Salad Ingredients:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 small onion , thinly sliced
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 5 oz arugula
  • 1 pear , thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup Gorgonzola cheese , crumbled
Instructions
Salad Dressing:
  1. Mix vinegar with agave nectar, then add oil, whisking until emulsified.

How to caramelize onions:
  1. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium size frying pan on medium-high heat. Add thinly sliced onions to the pan once oil gets very hot. Cook onions, stirring constantly, until they turn brown and caramelize to your liking, about 10-15 minutes. While caramelizing onions, add a pinch of salt to your taste.

How to caramelize walnuts:
  1. Heat 1 tablespoon butter in the medium frying pan on medium-high heat, add walnuts and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring, to coat the walnuts until caramelized. Allow them to cool.

Assemble salad:
  1. Add arugula leaves to a large salad bowl.  Add caramelized walnuts and caramelized onions. Add the salad dressing and mix. Top with sliced pears and crumbled Gorgonzola cheese.

Nutrition Facts
Arugula salad with caramelized onions, walnuts, pears, and Gorgonzola cheese
Amount Per Serving
Calories 253 Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Cholesterol 8mg3%
Sodium 92mg4%
Potassium 209mg6%
Carbohydrates 14g5%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 655IU13%
Vitamin C 6.2mg8%
Calcium 79mg8%
Iron 0.8mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Filed Under: Agave Nectar, Appetizer, Arugula, Cheese, Fruit, Gluten Free, Gorgonzola, NaBloPoMo, Pears, Recipe, Salads, Vegetables, Vegetarian Published: Nov 21, 2012 5 Comments

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  1. Elena @ GiftaholicWorld

    Mar 15, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    This is so beautiful. Your’re dish stimulating my appetite and my sense at the same time. Thank for this gorgeous and undeniable healthy dish.

    Reply
  2. Tash

    Nov 28, 2012 at 1:25 am

    How glorious – it’s nice to see a little something light and green at this time of year, when everything is gearing itself towards stodge and fat-laden foods. I will definitely give this a go, except I might change the cheese for a Wensleydale or something sharp because I am not a blue cheese person! I will grab some salad leaves soon and get making this salad 🙂

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    • Julia

      Nov 28, 2012 at 10:31 pm

      Substitute Gorgonzola cheese with whichever one you like. Goat cheese would also go pretty well.

      Reply
  3. Laura Dembowski

    Nov 22, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    My parents and I now stay home for Thanksgiving and make our own meal – prime rib – but when we used to travel, I would have loved this salad for dinner. I don’t eat any traditional Thanksgiving foods and I would have happily eaten all of this salad. Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply
  4. Monique

    Nov 22, 2012 at 7:00 am

    Love the ingredients..we favor them too all together:)

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