Pear, Cranberry, and Sweet Walnut Salad

First a note:

This salad is meant to be accompanied by crumbled bleu cheese, and with it, the salad is divine--not perfectly Paleo, but really, really good none the less. Also the nuts are made with cream and sugar, thus making them not perfectly Paleo either, which means that if you want to convert this recipe to a truly Paleo one, then you must use unsweetened nuts and cramberries and leave out the cheese. Either way, it is a really good salad

Pear, Cranberry, and Sweet Walnut Salad

1/2 firm, ripe pear, peeled and sliced thinly
5 sugared walnut halves, chopped
1/4 cup cranberries
1 small sliced scallion
2 cups salad greens (I used romaine cut in thin strips)
1 T. favorite vinaigrette (I recommend a strawberry or raspberry one)

Mix the first five ingredients together in a bowl and drizzle with the vinaigrette.
Toss. Enjoy!! This is very good with steak


Sweet Walnuts
5 walnut halves
1 T. cream
3 T. sugar

In a small bowl, drizzle the cream over the walnut halves then mix thoroughly until the surface of each is covered with the cream. On a small plate, put down 2 T. of sugar, place the nuts on top of the sugar, then sprinkle the remaining sugar over the top until each walnut half is covered with a layer of sugar. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and toss the walnuts in, let them carmelize in the pan, tossing and stirring frequently. Be sure not to let them burn. It should take them about 5-10 minutes to reach the desired doneness. Let them cool, then add them to salads, or mixed fruit.