The Best Salad We Ever Ate!

LizP's Note:

Sweet, sour, tangy, creamy and crunchy--this is the ultimate salad. So many tastes and textured, we just love it. You can substitute strawberries for the apples. YUM! Also good with grilled chicken or grilled shrimp! Cooking time reflects the preparation of the pecans. It makes a lot, though...so once you have them made, you have enough for several salads.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

Dressing

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup white vinegar
• 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 4 1/2 teaspoons onion juice
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup vegetable oil

Salad

• 4 cups greens
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• 1 granny smith apple, chopped

Pecans use 1/4 cup coarsely chopped

• 2 large egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 4 1/2 cups pecans (about 1 lb)
• 6 tablespoons butter

Directions:

1. For the Dressing: Put everything in container and shake.
2. For the Pecans:.
3. Preheat oven to 325°F, beat the egg whites with salt until foamy.
4. Add sugar Worcestershire, paprika, and cayenne.
5. Fold in pecans and melted butter.
6. Spread pecans over baking sheet.
7. Bake 30-40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and cool.
9. Store pecans in an airtight container.
10. Mix field greens, green onions, blue cheese, apple and pecans.
11. Toss with dressing--to your taste.
12. You will have leftover dressing and pecans.

Reviews

[regina rose]

Oh yea- The recipes name says it all----I loved the nuts and everything else about this salad!!!Thanx for sharing

[Kittencalskitchen]

What a fantastic salad! I prepared the nuts a day in advance, and I was lucky to have any left for the salad, they are so good! I also made the dressing a day also. I used feta instead of blue cheese, served this with romaine lettuce. DH gave this "two thumbs up" we loved this liz, I can't wait to make this again, thanks for sharing such a great recipe!...Kitten:)

[NoraMarie]

Had this for lunch today and it was very yummy.