The best spinach salad recipe in the world: spinach, pear, blue cheese, and toasted walnuts with raspberry dressing. A healthy, delicious dish in minutes. We first had this spinach salad years ago at a little tapas place in Key West, and we've been making them ever since--especially if we have a pear on the edge--the riper, softer, and juicier the pear, the better the salad is gonna taste. A printable copy of this recipe can be found at http://www.myfoodchannel.com/spinach-salad/ Give this spinach salad recipe a try and let me know what you think, and for more recipes check out the Chef Buck playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2EFBD7E8FE2BB552 and to print all recipes visit my website at http://www.myfoodchannel.com/ Connect with this media to catch all of my videos...thanks MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/user/buckredbuck FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/buckredbuck GOOGLE+ http://plus.google.com/u/0/109193261972985167770/posts TWITTER https://twitter.com/buckredbuck PRINT RECIPES AT MY WEBSITE: http://www.myfoodchannel.com/ RECIPE PLAYLISTS: http://www.youtube.com/user/FromUnderTheRock Spinach Salad Recipe: SPINACH 1 PEAR (ripe, diced) WALNUTS (toasted) BLUE CHEESE (crumbled) dressing: 2 Tbsp OLIVE OIL 1 Tbsp RASBERRY JAM 1 Tbsp VINEGAR ½ tsp ITALIAN SEASONING SALT and PEPPER to taste Directions: Crumble and spread your walnut pieces on a baking sheet and toast at 300 degrees F for 5-10 minutes until the nuts are toasted to your liking. Keep an eye on them--nuts are easy to over-toast and it's usually worth setting a timer so they're not forgotten. While your nuts toast, throw together your salad dressing--basically and oil and vinegar dressing with a little jam added for flavor. I make this dressing with all kinds of jams, but raspberry and strawberry are my favorites--although definitely give raspberry a try with this recipe. Combine your oil, vinegar, jam, salt, and Italian seasonings. Mix well. Taste and adjust as needed to your liking. A little sugar can be added if desired, but I usually find that the jam adds plenty of sweetness, plus the pear will add sweetness to the salad as well. Toss the dressing with your spinach leaves until all are well-coated. Divide spinach into serving bowls. Chop pear into nice chunks and add to salad. An overly-ripe pear works best. Sprinkle the toasted walnuts over the salad, then sprinkle with blue cheese crumbles. Lots of blue cheese. Or less. I like blue cheese. There are no ratios with this salad. And that's it. This is the best spinach salad in the world. So it is written, so it shall be done. Give this Spinach Salad recipe a try and let me know what you think, and bon appétit!