Salads with Pecans
- Crown a grilled Portobello mushroom salad with toasted pecans, then
sprinkle balsamic vinegar and olive oil over the mushroom, greens and
pecans.
- Update the classic spinach salad with applewood-smoked bacon, freshly
grated parmesan and, you guessed it, chopped toasted pecans.
- Open sesame. Mouths will open wide when they are tantalized with a simple
Asian pasta salad you dress with sesame oil and rice vinegar and season with
chili peppers, green onions and ground pecans.
- Not your average Waldorf. Combine toasted pecans with apple chunks,
celery, grapes and a light mayonnaise-based dressing.
- Slice 1/2-inch thick French bread rounds, spread with soft goat cheese,
add a sprinkle of minced rosemary or thyme and some finely minced pecans.
Run under the broiler until bubbly, cut into crouton-size pieces and serve
with your favorite green salad.
- Enliven ordinary chicken salad with halved red grapes, mandarin oranges
and toasted pecans.
- Pecans add crunch to a warm beet salad with fresh orange segments.
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