GodLuck Salad

Religion, Faith, Spirituality, and Philosophy were the honored guests at last night's GodLuck Club. It was my first time attending this friendly group and I was welcomed right into their lives and to their table. The goal of GodLuck is the exploration of world religions by inviting representatives from different faiths to share the concepts, philosophy, theology, rituals, and (sometimes) rules, associated with that particular practice, while providing a welcoming and open space for the group to share their own religious upbringing and spiritual journeys and most importantly, to ask questions. Oh, and I forgot to mention the FOOD! Apparently the jug of coffee I ingested this morning has not been able to clear the fog from my brain. Everyone brings a dish, providing the (pot)luck of the evening, which reflects the theme of the discussion.
Last night was Taoism (say "DOWism") and a vegetarian dish was requested for the table. So, what does this once vegetarian, vegan, macrobiotic, turned everytarian make to satisfy a group of hungry spiritual seekers?
Salad. I guess.
I wanted to be clever and put a spin on the traditional cranberry, goat cheese, nut, and greens combo that's been so overdone...so I made a leap of faith and switched it up to Blueberries, Blue Cheese, Pears, Candied Walnuts, and greens. Whoo hoo. Way to mix it up Linnea. I was inspired by the GodLuck's new logo that has blue bits of inspiration in the branches and so my intention was to follow that lead and hopefully not overdo the whole "blue" thing.

Here's my recipe:

Ingredients: Organic Baby Spring Mix Crumbled Salem Blue Cheese Candied Walnuts Dried Wild Blueberries Dianjou Pears (sliced) Champagne Pear Vinaigrette (all from Trader Joes)

This is very difficult to make. Only the truly enlightened chef can master this salad. The discipline requires patience (to rip open those stubborn bags of salad), virtue (to wash your hands after handling the bleu cheese-ew), training (to use your last clean steak knife cautiously to slice the pears), and finally curiosity as you open the bottle of salad dressing. This all takes no less than twenty seconds.

Hey Felena! That's two recipes in a row for six ingredients or less! I'm on a roll.