Chicken, Pear and Blue Cheese Salad

Description: This is a perfect light meal for the hot summer days. When grilling chicken breasts, grill a couple of extra and put in fridge for use in this salad. This recipe is compliments of The Diabetic Cookbook.

Ingredients:

• 6 cups torn mixed salad greens or 6 cups mesclun
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, grilled and cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 ripe pears, cored and sliced
• fresh ground black pepper
• bleu cheese salad dressing

Steps:

1. In a large salad bowl combine the greens, chicken and salad dressing.
2. Toss gently to coat.
3. Divide among 4 chilled, individual plates.
4. Arrange pear slices on top of salad.
5. Sprinkle with fresh ground black pepper.