Pale Winter Salad

How wonderful it is to have a fresh salad in the winter! Aqua Vita lettuce is all the color I wanted in this salad, the pears, chicken and Dutch Girl Softy are highlighted nicely with the lettuce back ground! Softy cheese plays very nicely with the pears!

1 bag of Aqua Vita lettuce
1/2 lb Softy from Leonardsville cheese, sliced room temperature
1 Gaia's Breath Broiler chicken, roasted and cooled
Canned pears (your own is great here), sliced reserve juice
toasted chopped walnuts
Salad dressing



Remove skin from chicken, and shred chicken from the bone. You will need about 1/2 c per plate.

Divide lesttuce into 4 large plates. Arrange the chicken , cheese and pears on top of lettuce.Sprinkle with toasted walnuts. Serve dressing to the side.

Salad Dressing:

1/8 c balsamic vinegar
1/2 c olive oil
1/3 c pear juice (left over from above)
2 tbsp chopped basil
1 garlic clove (the Farm B/B or Russia Corner) minced
s/p to taste

Place all in a large mason jar and shake to combine well. Adjust ingredients to your desired tastes.