5 arugula pear salad maple Recipes

firm, almost-ripe pears (bartlett or bosc), peeled, cored, and cut lengthwise, sugar, butter, melted, pine nuts, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, minced, salt and pepper, to taste, dijon mustard, maple syrup, arugula or mixed salad greens, dried cranberries, fresh parmigiano-reggiano cheese, calendula blossoms

maple syrup, dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, kosher salt, black pepper, extra-virgin olive oil, arugula leaves, pear, unpeeled, thinly sliced, blue cheese, crumbled

olive oil, fresh limes or 1 tbsp lemon juice, white wine vinegar, dijon mustard or 1 1/4 tsp whole grain prepared mustard, maple syrup or 1/4-1/2 tsp honey, minced green onions, salt and pepper, walnut halves, butter, maple syrup or 1 tsp honey, cayenne or 1 dash hot smoked paprika, arugula , mesclun, romaine, mache, spinach (whatever may be your preference), firm bartlett pears, washed, cored and sliced into very thin wedges (skin remaining), blue cheese, crumbled (gorgonzola, stilton, etc.), bacon , cooked until crisp and well drained, cooked sliced chicken (optional)

pure maple syrup (not imitation syrup! no, no!), ripe bartlett pears (not too ripe ) or 3 ripe anjou pears, peeled, cored, and cut into 8 wedges each (not too ripe), sea salt, fresh ground pepper, aged balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, extra virgin olive oil or 1/4 cup walnut oil, baby arugula, loose leaf lettuce, crumbled stilton cheese (roquefort or other blue cheese ok)