Maja’s Blue Cheese and Pear Salad
This salad tastes great with the grainy mustard dressing!
Greens (any type of green lettuce)
1 avocado
1/4 cup blue cheese
1 pear
1/4 cup cashews
Cut avocado and pear into slices and place on top of a bed of greens, sprinkle blue cheese and cashews on top.
Maja’s Grainy Mustard Dressing
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons grainy mustard (variation: 1 tablespoon mustard seeds with 1 tablespoon dijon mustard- must make this variation 1 day in advance)
1/3 cup unrefined, cold pressed olive oil
1/4 teaspoon soy sauce
1/4 cup apple cider or red wine vinegar
Fresh ground pepper
Mix all ingredients in a glass jar and shake well.
Dr. Jeda Boughton is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Registered Acupuncturist in Vancouver. She is also a Registered Herbologist and the founder of BodaHealth.
