It’s pear season! Oh, my! There is nothing better than to use those fresh, juicy bites for a pear and pepper salad!
Check out your local farmer’s market or take advantage of a neighbor’s tree to make this scrumptious salad. As you slice into local pears, you’ll see and feel the juice running down your chin and fingers! Combined with a little salt, apple cider vinegar, and organic extra virgin olive oil, it will make its own sweet dressing for this salad.
Benefits of Pear & Pepper Salad
Antioxidants and polyphenols in pears are antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. (2) Anything fresh from God’s garden and grown in your own backyard (or neighbor’s yard) is going to have more nutrients and hopefully less pesticides. It’s an environment that prepares our bodies’ defenses.
Caffeic Acid and syringic acid are unique to pears, and not apples in one study. Caffeic acid (also found in coffee at 9-14mg/100grams, but highest in black chokeberries at 645mg/100grams of dry weight) is a metal chelating agent. However, it is also known for its ability to inhibit mutagens and carcinogens. (1)
You’ll be ready to ward off cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, and whatever contagion is released upon us in the future eating this pear and pepper salad!
Simple Pear & Pepper Salad
Simple Pear & Pepper Salad
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Baby Spring Mix
- 1 Carrot shredded
- 1 Pepper (Green/Orange/or Red)
- 1 Pear Chopped
- 6 Walnut halves
- 1 ounce Pepper Jack Cheese
- 1 tbsp Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients. Layer the salad, the carrot, the sliced pepper, and sprinkle with the onion powder, olive oil, and apple cider vinegar. Top with the chopped pair and the shredded cheese and walnuts!It's so easy and yummy!
Nutrition
There are plenty of more easy recipes on the blog so take a look around!
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with the choicest gifts of heaven above,
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References:
PavlÃková N. Caffeic Acid and Diseases-Mechanisms of Action. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 29;24(1):588. doi: 10.3390/ijms24010588. PMID: 36614030; PMCID: PMC9820408.
Teixeira JD, Soares Mateus AR, Sanchez C, Parpot P, Almeida C, Sanches Silva A. Antioxidant Capacity and Phenolics Profile of Portuguese Traditional Cultivars of Apples and Pears and Their By-Products: On the Way to Newer Applications. Foods. 2023 Apr 5;12(7):1537. doi: 10.3390/foods12071537. PMID: 37048358; PMCID: PMC10094612.
