Diet - Apple-Pear Salad with Spinach and Gorgonzola

Looking for recipes that can help you eat heart-healthy? Try this one! It's low sodium, low fat, with heart healthy oils!

Apple-Pear Salad with Spinach and Gorgonzola

2 medium Granny Smith or Gala apples, thinly sliced
2 meduim Bosc or Bartlett pears, thinly sliced
1/4 cup unsweetened cranberry juice
2 tbs. light brown sugar or preferred sweetner
4 cups baby spinach leaves
2 tbs. crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
3 tbs. walnut halves, dry-roasted
3 tbs. raspberry vinegar or red wine vinegar
1/4 tbs. pepper.

In a medium saucepan, bring the apples, pears, cranberry juice and brown sugar to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer, covere for five to six minutes, or until the fruit is tender. Transfer the fruit with juices to a medium bowl, and let cool for five to 10 minutes.

To assemble the salad, put the spinach in a large bowl or on a platter. Spoon the fruit mixture with juices over the spinach. Sprinkle with the cheese, walnuts, vinegar and pepper.

Makes six servings.

(Source: The New American Heart Association Cookbook, Seventh Edition: Clarkson Potter, 2004)