Autumn Salad Recipe
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Autumn Salad

By: Allana 
"Elegant and different salad full of carrots, pecans, pears, and raisins. Great any time of year!"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (9)

Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
35 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 6 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
  • 1/3 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/3 cup French dressing
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pear halves
  • 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 head green leaf lettuce, rinsed

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, combine carrots, pecans, raisins and enough French dressing to moisten. Mix lightly and chill.
  2. Drain pears, reserving 2 tablespoons syrup. In a small bowl, combine reserved syrup, dates and softened cream cheese and mix until well blended.
  3. Fill each pear half with cream cheese mixture. Spoon the carrot mixture onto 6 salad plates covered with lettuce leaves and place one pear half on each plate.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 300 | Total Fat: 16.5g | Cholesterol: 16mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 13, 2003 by BLUEZFIRE   view full review
This is a very smooth and elegant palate pleaser, indeed. I made two slight changes: chopped...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 13, 2003 by JUDI LEAMING   view full review
Prepared this for a dinner party last night and it received RAVE reviews. I used red leaf...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2003 by REEKAM   view full review
THIS WAS A TOTAL HIT at my lunch bunch group. Tasty, and easy to make, I willmake it a lot...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 9, 2005 by MISSCELLANEA   view full review
This was absolutely delicious! The only thing I changed was using walnuts as opposed to...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 7, 2004 by BEINCOGNITO   view full review
A Pretty, great tasting salad. I will be saving this recipe to make again. We thought it...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 13, 2003 by ALETA14   view full review
This was very good. I ommited the dates though.
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2009 by mckellister   view full review
This salad was delicious and a big hit with my friends. We especially liked the pear/creme...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2008 by Ginger   view full review
I so wanted to like this recipe; the presentation was beautiful and I liked the pears and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 30, 2007 by VIVNIDHI   view full review
Very different! I did not have all the ingredients and so had to tweak the recipe a little but...

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