5 spinach cheese salad apples caramelized pecans Recipes

butter, pecan halves, brown sugar, fresh baby spinach (i also like to make it with a combination of freshbaby spinach and baby greens), granny smith apple, cored, sliced and then cut each slice into bite-size pieces, crumbled feta cheese, olive oil, white vinegar

baby spinach, chopped, head iceberg lettuce or 1 small head of romaine, chopped, sweet onion, diced, creamy blue cheese, chopped into small pieces (the creamier the blue cheese for this, the better), sweet apple , like gala or pacific rose, core removed and apple diced (i leave the skin on - it s good for you!) - sprinkle the diced apple with fruit fresh to prevent browning, pecans, chopped (you may toast the pecans, or candy them, if you prefer - to candy them, see my recipe for banana cream pie supreme with caramelized pecans), poppy seed dressing in the blender (posted separately), or our favorite bottled poppy seed dressing is marie s, available in the produce dept.

apple, chilled, lemon, juiced, spinach, washed , thoroughly dried, and stemmed, head (about 3 oz) radicchio , cut into chiffonade, blue cheese, crumbled, kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper, spago house dressing , recipe follows, spiced caramelized pecans , recipe follows, shallots, minced (1 heaping tbsp), dijon mustard, zinfandel vinegar, sherry wine vinegar, olive oil, vegetable oil, salt and freshly ground white pepper, peanut oil, pecan halves, kosher salt, cayenne pepper, sugar

loosely packed baby spinach, shredded carrot, caramelized pecans, gorgonzola, crumbles (blue cheese), granny smith apples, alfalfa sprout, strawberry ginger salad dressing, fresh ginger, finely minced, mustard, fresh ground black pepper, honey, sea salt, mrs. dash seasoning mix, rice vinegar, white balsamic vinegar, strawberry puree, extra virgin olive oil