Autumn Pear Salad and Homemade Pita Chips

Autumn Pear Salad
dressing:
5T olive oil
2T Balsamic vinegar
1t honey
1t Dijon mustard
2 green onions, chopped
salt
pepper

Shake together in a jar. Keep refrigerated.

salad:
1 head of green or red leaf lettuce, washed and torn
2 ripe pears, thinly sliced
2oz Asiago cheese, shaved with a vegetable peeler
1/2 C cashews

Toss the greens with the dressing. Arrange everything else on top.


Pita Chips
Cut pita bread into strips or triangles and tear the two sides apart. Arrange the pita bread pieces on cookie sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Stir with a spatula to coat the bread with oil. Sprinkle with salt. Bake in the oven at 350F until crispy (about 10 minutes).

I served this with cream of pumpkin soup, but that recipe was only OK, not awesome. But it did go pretty well with the pear salad.