40 with fruit and blue cheese Recipes

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

flaky tartlet shells, gorgonzola cheese, peach fruit spread, chopped roasted salted almonds

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.

refrigerated sugar cookie dough, cream cheese, softened, extract (almond, lemon, orange), fruit (fresh bananas, pineapple chunks, maraschino cherries, fresh oranges cut into rounds and peeled, blue), orange marmalade

torn leaf lettuce, spinach, diced red onion, pomelo fruit, sectioned and chopped up if you like (or grapefruit, whichever is handier to your location), navel oranges, sectioned, avocado, diced, almonds , either chopped or slivered, dry roasted to golden, blue cheese, crumbled, vegetable oil, white wine vinegar, orange juice, lime juice, sugar, crushed red pepper flakes, salt

ham, cubed or 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken or 1 1/2 cups cooked turkey, nectarines or 2 medium peaches, peeled, sliced, mixed salad greens, strawberries, hulled, sliced or 1 pint mixed berry, raspberries, blue berries and strawberries, swiss cheese, shredded, orange juice, canola oil, white wine vinegar, poppy seed, salt

pears, lemon juice, lettuce or mixed greens, cheese (blue , feda, parmesan), cranberries dried, walnuts, oil, dijon mustard, granulated sugar, lemon juice, salt, pepper

cream cheese, softened, blue cheese, crumbled, multigrain bread, apricot fruit spread, cucumber, sliced (16 slices), swiss cheese

canola oil, water, cider vinegar, cider vinegar, sugar substitute (equivalent to 1 tbsp gran. sugar), poppy seeds, grated onion, ground mustard, salt, torn romaine lettuce, unpeeled granny smith apples, chopped, mandarin oranges, drained, pecan halves, toasted, crumbled blue cheese

hazelnuts, boned , skinned chicken breast halves (5 to 6 oz. each), salt and pepper, salad oil, firm-ripe pear such as bosc or comice (about 8 oz.), apple (about 8 oz.), butter or margarine, brown sugar, rice vinegar, orange juice, baby salad mix (4 oz.), rinsed and crisped, blue cheese, crumbled

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)

head butter lettuce, plums, pitted & sliced, blackberry, pecans, toasted, blue cheese, crumbled, lemon , juice & zest of, honey, ground ginger

veal scallopini (8 thin individual pieces), gorgonzola (you can use blue cheese too), fresh thyme, butter, olive oil, flour, port wine, chicken broth, granny smith apple (1 apple fine diced, i prefer to peel), bosc pear (1 pear ...i find a anjou is a bit soft, i like a firmer pear, fine diced, i prefer to peel), dried cranberries, dried apricot, diced, shallot (you can also use a small onion), honey, dried thyme, dried rosemary, kosher salt, ground black pepper

more, packages spring salad mix , adjust for number of people, add 1 of the combinations below, more cans mandarin oranges, drained, dried cranberries, my old post office salad dressing recipe (already posted), apple wedges, walnuts, maytag blue cheese, black cherry salad dressing, mandarin oranges, pine nuts, raspberry salad dressing, black cherry salad dressing, vegetable oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, black cherry polaner all fruit, whirl in a blender for a few seconds, stir thoroughly before using, raspberry salad dressing, vegetable oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, seedless raspberry all fruit , preserves, or jam, whirl in a blender for a few seconds, stir thoroughly before using the dressing, note: could use quality bottled dressings....another time saver

red currant jelly, water, half-and-half, red currant jelly, peaches (or your choice of canned fruit. i like ), water, egg, salt, white pepper, all-purpose flour, baking powder, white bread, roasted vegetarian turkey pieces or 4 cooked vegetarian chicken pieces, cut in half to 1/4-inch thickness, tillamook swiss cheese (1 oz each sandwich), tempeh bacon, cooked (or your favorite veggie bacon, such as morningstar farms, etc.), vegetable oil, for frying, sugar , for dusting, fruit , compote, currant jelly , sauce

cp flour, ground or finely chopped almonds, sugar, salt, cold butter 1 egg yolk, cp very cold water, melted butter for greasing pan, cream cheese, pt whipping cream, cp powdered sugar, almond extract, cp granulated sugar, white flesh peaches or necterines sliced, cp blue berries, cp cherries pitted, cps strawberries crushed, lemon juice, corn starch

lettuce, blue berries, strawberries, pineapple, pecans, feta cheese, asian dressing

cream cheese, softened, strawberries, sugar, sour cream, orange liqueur (grand marnier, cointreau, or blue curacao), vanilla, dippers ; fruit, graham crackers, cake cubes