Catch ’em & Cook ’em: Baby Blue Salad
Ingredients
3/4 lb. mixed salad greens
Balsamic vinaigrette
4 oz blue cheese crumbled
2 oranges peeled and thinly sliced
1 pt fresh strawberries quartered
Sweet and spicy pecans
How to:
1. Toss greens with balsamic vinaigrette and blue cheese
2. Place on 6 individual plates
3. Arrange orange slices over greens. Sprinkle with strawberries and top with sweet and spicy pecans.
Sweet and Spicy
Pecans
Ingredients
1/4 C sugar
1 C warm water
1 C pecan halves
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp chili powder
1/8 tsp ground red pepper
How to:
1. Stir together 1/4 C sugar and warm water until sugar dissolves.
2. Add pecans and soak for 10 minutes.
3. Drain, discarding the syrup.
4. Combine 2 Tbsp sugar, chili powder and red pepper.
5. Add pecans, tossing to coat.
6. Place pecans on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, stirring once.
Makes 1 cup
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