3 pears cheese cranberries nuts Recipes

hearts of romaine, cleaned and chopped, ripe pears, peeled and diced, dried cranberries, nuts toasted : pecans, almond, walnuts etc., bacon, cooked and crumbled ( turkey bacon is also fine ), goat cheese crumbled, part balsamic vinaigrette to 2 parts poppy seed dressing- bottled or your favorite home made dressing, vinaigrette to 2/3 cup poppyseed or enough to moisten but not drench salad

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