Salads for dinner can be just the ticket Pair fresh crisp pears with soft Bibb lettuce for a main dish salad A mild flavored ... Top each with a few pear slices and sprinkle with crumbled cheese.

like a pear-gorgonzola-dough clump salad). Dump the entire mixture onto a floured work surface and use your hands to pat and press the dough into an 11-inch disc. Use a sharp knife dipped in flour ...

If you can't get hold of Cashel blue cheese, use Roquefort, gorgonzola ... the salad leaves with the nuts, using most of the dressing, then divide this between six plates. Add the pear slices ...

You'll often see it paired with sweet ingredients like fruit — we use chunks of apple in this salad, but other common sweet pairings include pear, figs, beets, raisins or dates, honey ...