6 blue cheese salad apples caramelized 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.

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, freshly ground white pepper, peanut oil, pecan halves, kosher salt, cayenne pepper, sugar

unsalted butter, firm but ripe pears , such as bosc, peeled, cored, and sliced, light brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, minced shallots, honey, walnut oil, salt, freshly ground black pepper, head radicchio (4 to 5 oz), cut into chiffonade, mesclun or other baby lettuces, watercress , tough stems removed, head endive, washed, patted dry, and separated into spears, crumbled roquefort or other creamy blue cheese such as gorgonzola (about 3 oz), roughly chopped walnut pieces, lightly toasted, sliced, buttered and toasted french bread , as an accompaniment

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