Sweet Potatoes With Pecans and Blue Cheese

This is a $400 winner in Better Homes and Gardens and sent in by Debbie Reid of Clearwater, Florida. It has a nice balance of sweet and salty and uses my favorite ingredient--blue cheese!

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  large sweet potatoes
• 1  small onion
• 4  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1⁄3 cup pecans
• 1  tablespoon light brown sugar
• 4  teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons honey
• 1  garlic clove
• 2  tablespoons blue cheese
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into thin wedges.
2. Peel and chop onion.
3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
4. In 15 x 10 pan place potatoes, onion and drizzle with 2 T olive oil.
5. Salt and pepper to taste.
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes, stirring once.
7. Meanwhile, in a skillet, melt butter over medium heat, stir in pecans, brown sugar and 1/4 t salt.
8. Cook and stir about 3 minutes until pecans are coated with sugar.
9. remove from heat and let cool on foil.
10. For dressing:.
11. whisk together honey, vinegar, garlic, 1/4 t salt, 1/4 t pepper.
12. Slowly whisk in remaining olive oil until combined.
13. Whisk in 1 T blue cheese.
14. Transfer potatoes and onions to serving plate.
15. Drizzle with dressing and remaining blue cheese.
16. Sprinkle with pecans.