Summer salads don’t have to be comprised of mostly lettuce. With just two ingredients, you can make a stellar appetizer, salad or dessert substitute. With a mandolin slicer, slice a pear, per person, length wise. Lightly coat the pear slices with fresh squeezed lemon. Arrange the pears, artfully, by creating a spiral shape. Pile fresh blueberries in the center and top the chilled pear salad with poppy seed dressing. For a little more adventure, make a pear shaped stencil to cut fresh sliced cheese in the same shape as the pears to alternate pear and Cheddar or pear and Jarlsberg. You will have happy guests with minimal effort. © Kelly McBride Loft