grilled cheese and almond pear salad with honey pomegranate vinaigrette

today jen came over to eat.
so i happily spruced up a plain old grilled cheese with caramelized onions and put together a bomb-diggity salad.
we were going to put eggs in the salad too, but forgot about them.
so we just had them with salt.
it was a good second course.

caramelized onions:
just one onion sliced thinly
and sauteed for a while
til everything gets nice and brown and translucent
add pinch of kosher salt

grilled cheese:
use a nice sharp cheddar
after everything's gooey and grilled,
stuff with caramelized onions
(the perhaps odd order of the grilling then onion-stuffing is because we didn't decide until the last moment whether the onions should go in the salad or the sandwich)

salad:
toss together baby romaine lettuce, chopped toasted almonds, and sliced pears.

vinaigrette:
mix together honey, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and pomegranate vinaigrette.

tasty and impressive!
well, i was impressed.