Elle's Kitchen: Pear & Goat Cheese Salad with Tangerine Viniagrette

New Recipe Inspired by Our Houseguests

Over the New Year's weekend we had

delightful houseguests and a few days

after their visit we received a box of

Harry & David pears as a gift.  They are

the best pears I have ever had.  Whenever

I get such a lovely gift I'm in heaven.  Earlier

in the holiday season we had other delightful

houseguests who came bearing gifts, including

a delicious goat cheese.  Here is a recipe that

combines the pears and goat cheese.

Ingredients:

For the salad:

Baby lettuces

A ripe pear, diced

Goat cheese, crumbled

For the Viniagrette:

the zest of one tangerine

the juice of one tangerine

1 tabl. of rice vinegar

2 teas. sugar

salt & pepper

1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil

Combine salad ingredients in a bowl

and toss.  Combine viniagrette ingredients

together in a jar or small container and

shake.  You will have enough viniagrette

for two salads.  And you will want to have

it again, it is light and zingy and delicious!

Enjoy!