Power Green Salad with Pear and Blackberries

What a pretty salad, Marcie! I often go through withdrawals too when I haven’t had enough salads! This power version looks perfect! I love that you paired it with pears and blackberries. So good for a fall meal!

Thank you, Gayle! I’ve been eating this so much lately!

Hmmm I totally agree with you: some great ingredients to play around with! I can’t wait to get into the “fall spirit” with cooking (lasagna, yes please!) but on the other hand I don’t want to say goodbye to my Summer dishes yet such as salads. So I think this is a great combination for me! Have a great week Marcie!

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It’s so hard saying goodbye to summer ingredients — I hear you! I always love salads all year round, however, and it’s a nice way to use delicious fall produce. Thanks, Vivian, and have a great week!

Salad are definitely a staple for me too, and this one is all sorts of fall fabulous, Marcie!! Love that you used power greens and all the toppings, textures and flavors going on here look perfect! Plus that apple cider vinaigrette sounds like the perfect finishing touch! Totally making this for lunch this week!! Cheers, friend!

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I know you love your salads, Cheyanne — yours are always so gorgeous! Thank you and hope you’re having a great Monday!

This is great! I always have a hard time coming up with Fall inspired salad ideas but this is perfect! I love the addition of pears and blackberries!

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It’s been too long since I’ve had a salad, too…I’ve been in Bermuda for 6 days, eating all the fish & chips and drinking all the sweet frilly cocktails, so I’m craving all the greens and this salad looks like sheer perfection! Definitely a beautiful, light fall meal!

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Bermuda must’ve been AMAZING, and don’t make me jealous about fish and chips and cocktails please! haha Thanks, Julia!

I’m with you on the maple syrup! I LOVE the flavor it adds to dressings! And this salad! Soooo right up my alley! I love that you used pear!

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Maple syrup just does magical things! Thanks, Ashley!

Is it weird that I am excited about the maple syrup dressing??? I love love love it!! It’s a fall perfect salad.

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It’s not weird — maple syrup gets me excited too! haha Thanks, Z!

This salad looks awesome! I love all the fun fruits you put in here with the heathy power greens

Thanks so much, Medha!

I get the same way once fall rolls around. My calendar has all comfort food and then I realize that I need some greens too!

I remember seeing this on your IG stories and thought it looked delicious. That dressing sounds perfect too. Such a perfect combo for fall!

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I love apple cider vinegar in dressings! Well actually in anything…sometimes a little bit even in a glass of water. This salad is calling my name! I recently had a salad dressing with maple syrup in it and loved it. Combined with the power greens and delicious fruit, I think this needs to go on our menu soon!

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Apple cider vinegar is the best! Thanks so much Alyssa!

What a delicious, beautiful and healthy power green salad, Marice. Love the way you have combined pear and blackberries. And that apple cider maple syrup dressing sounds just too good. Loving it.

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Love the pear in this salad! I wish I had this waiting for me for lunch!

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Thank you, Jessica! It does make the perfect lunch!

With all the Fall comfort food I’ve been looking at it’s nice to see a fresh green salad too! I’m a bit fan of blackberries so I love that you included them!

We gotta break up that comfort food with some greens right? Thanks, Pamela!

This salad looks great, Marcie! I love the addition of pears

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This is MY KIND OF SALAD! Love love love these ingredients and that vinaigrette sounds incredible!

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This is a beautiful salad Marcie, I can have it for lunch everyday

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Aren’t fall salads the best?! This one looks like the perfect combination of sweet and salty. And I love that it has fresh pears in it! They are so good this time of year.

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They are — who says summer has all the best produce?? Thanks so much, Kristine!

Your photos are droolacious! Such a gorgeous salad – it’s been a long while since I indulged in one too so thank you for reminding me that am long overdue. It took me awhile to try the whole fruit and savory combo in a salad, but now that I have – this flavor combo is scrumptious! Happy Friday!

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This salad looks amazing Marcie! It’s super healthy, filling, and packed with flavor.Awesome share.

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I have GOT to start making more salad. This looks amazing!

Thank you, Cathleen!

This looks like my kind of salad! I love the idea of combining blackberries & pear with feta cheese. I’ve been really into feta lately!

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Power Green Salad with Pear and Blackberries is a delicious blend of power greens, juicy pears, sweet blackberries, feta cheese and toasted pecans. Toss it in an tangy apple cider vinaigrette for a fall salad that’s full of flavor!

I haven’t shared a salad with you in such a long time that I’ve been going through withdrawals. The last one I shared here was in July! I got sidetracked thinking about comfort foods like lasagna and enchiladas with fall on the horizon, but since salads are a daily staple for me, I love to create new ones to keep things interesting. This Power Green Salad with Pear and Blackberries definitely did that.

I had the idea for this salad over a month ago and have been tinkering with it ever since behind the scenes. Maybe you caught a couple of my stories on Instagram? It was some delicious tinkering, because this salad is full of ingredients that I love.

Originally I tested this salad using spring greens, but when I set out to make it for the third time I realized I only had power greens in the fridge. I used the power greens and I loved the salad even more! I use power greens all the time because my kids will eat them in salads and smoothies like my Power Green Pineapple Smoothie. It’s a delicious blend of baby chard, spinach, and kale, and they’re packed with nutrition. With cold and flu season coming, I figured we need all the help we can get anyway.

The hearty greens are perfectly balanced with sweet juicy pears and blackberries, which are so flavorful right now that I can’t get enough. Pears and blackberries are often overlooked and I have no idea why — fall is about so much more than apples and pumpkin, isn’t it?

Salads like this have to have a salty element and some kind of crunch, which is where the feta cheese and toasted pecans come in. This salad’s got it all!

Except we can’t stop there, because every salad needs a great dressing. This dressing has plenty of tangy apple cider vinegar, dijon, and some maple syrup to give it some sweetness. Maple syrup is my go-to “secret” ingredient in all of my dressings — it gives them such a nice layer of flavor and I have no idea what I ever did before I started using it. The maple syrup also keeps our fall theme going here in case you need an excuse.

This Power Green Salad with Pear and Blackberries is living proof that salads can be interesting, and downright exciting. The colors, the flavors, the textures — it’s all here, and you’re just gonna love it.

More recipes that you’re gonna love:

Kale and Chard Green Power Salad by Aggie’s Kitchen

Lemon Basil Kale Salad with Avocado by The Roasted Root

Vegan Rainbow Power Greens Salad by Cotter Crunch

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