Thursday, April 15, 2010

Summer Lemon Salad with Spiced Pecans

This is from Souplantation and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this salad! It's light and really good if you add Manchego cheese instead of Blue.

Dressing- Yields 5 cups

  • 3 cups Mayonnaise- whole egg
  • 2 cups Lemonade Concentrate
  • 2 ½ TBLS Dijon Mustard

Combine ingredients and whisk until smooth. Season to taste with sugar.

Spiced Pecans

  • 1 ¼ cups ¼” Diced Pecans
  • ¼ lb Butter or margarine
  • 2 TBLS White Sugar
  • ¾ tsp Ground Cumin
  • ½ tsp Table Salt
  • 1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper

Melt butter in pan. Add sugar, cumin, salt, cayenne pepper. Heat until bubbling and sugar dissolves. Immediately add pecans and stir to coat. Spread pecans on baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees until brown and toasted.

Salad

  • 4 cups Chopped Romaine
  • 2 cups Spring Mix Lettuce
  • ½ cup Spiced Pecans
  • ½ cup Blue Cheese Crumbles
  • ½ cup Diced Craisins
  • ½ cup Lemon Vinaigrette

Combine ingredients and toss and ENJOY!!

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