27 sweet pecans blue cheese Recipes

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.

honey, champagne vinegar or 2 tbsp white wine vinegar, olive oil, heads belgian endive, sweet apple , such as fuji, pecan halves, toasted and coarsely chopped, blue cheese, crumbled, salt

orange blossom or other mild honey, champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar, grape-seed oil or mild olive oil, heads red or white belgian endive (about 11 oz. total), rinsed, ends trimmed , and cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-wide slivers, sweet apple , such as fuji (about 8 oz.), rinsed, cored, and thinly sliced lengthwise, pecan halves, toasted (see notes) and coarsely chopped, blue cheese, crumbled, salt

ground gingersnap crumbs, toasted pecans, ground, unsalted butter, melted, cream cheese or 8 oz mascarpone cheese, softened, sugar, dark brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, pureed sweet potato (or yam; the orange kind, not the yellow kind), eggs, heavy cream, unsalted butter, dark brown sugar , packed, heavy cream, chopped toasted pecans

olive oil, sweet onion (or shallot), finely minced, chicken broth, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar , packed, coarse grain dijon mustard, bagged mixed salad greens, ripe red apples or pears, cored and thinly sliced (about 2 cups), dried cranberries or cherries, toasted pecans, crumbled blue cheese (optional)