Tossed Salad with Pears, Pecans & Blue Cheese

Ingredients

• 2 pears, halved, cored and sliced lengthwise
• 175 mL (3/4 cup) low-fat (1.5%) buttermilk
• 30 mL (2 tbsp) blue cheese, crumbled
• 15 mL (1 tbsp) white wine vinegar
• 2 mL (1/2 tsp) salt
• 0.5 mL (1/8 tsp) pepper
• 30 mL (2 tbsp) snipped fresh chives or scallion greens
• 1 L (4 cups) torn Boston lettuce
• 1.5 L (6 cups) torn red leaf or other loose-leaf lettuce
• 500 mL (2 cups) watercress leaves
• 375 mL (1 1/2 cups) thinly sliced cucumber half-rounds
• 45 mL (3 tbsp) chopped toasted pecans