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Kale and Apple Salad
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 clove fresh garlic
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
Salad
- 3 cups kale chopped
- 3 cups romaine chopped
- 1 medium apple thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 medium avocado cubed
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Instructions
- Wash your hands and preparation area
- Whisk all of the dressing ingredients in a small bowl, or shake them up in a small mason jar.
- Rinse kale, romaine, apple and avocado before chopping.
- De-stem the kale (cut it away from the woody stems), and chop. Chopped romaine lettuce for salad.
- Add the sliced apple, grated cheese, and top with avocado.
- Toss salad with the dressing until everything is well combined.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Serve in your favorite platter and enjoy!
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Roasted Pears with Nut Oat Crumble Topping
This recipe for Roasted Pear with Nut Oat Crumble is a quick option for a dessert. Let us know how you like it! If you are wanting to lessen the amount of added sugar try using one tablespoon of sugar!
Ingredients
Nut Oat Crumble
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup pecans chopped
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp almond slivers
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
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Instructions
- Core and slice pears in half, place flesh side up on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bush flesh side of pears with olive oil, bake in oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes
- While pears are cooking, combine oats, pecans, honey, almonds, and brown sugar in a bowl until well combined.
- Remove pears from the oven and evenly distribute topping among the pear halves. Bake in the oven for an additional 5 minutes. Remove and enjoy!
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Roasted Cauliflower and Grapes
This unexpected combination of a fruit and a vegetable makes for a delicious side dish! The grapes in this dish are a great way to get antioxidants and fiber in your diet.
Ingredients
- 2 lb cauliflower florets
- 1/2 lb red grapes halved
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tsp rosemary (fresh or dried) chopped
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup pecans chopped
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Instructions
- Cut cauliflower into florets and place in large bowl.
- Slice grapes and place them in the bowl with the cauliflower.
- Mince garlic and chop rosemary and add to bowl with the grapes and cauliflower.
- Pour olive oil over cauliflower mixture.
- Toss well. Spread cauliflower mixture onto a foil lined baking sheet, add a small pinch of salt and pepper, place in the oven at 425 degrees for 25 minutes. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, sprinkle chopped pecans across the sheet pan and continue to bake for remaining 5 minutes.
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Parmesan Celery Salad
This is a simple recipe that makes a great side dish for dinner! The combination of celery and pecans might seem odd but they are perfectly combined in this dish. The pecans and nuts in general are full of protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and the American Heart Association recommends nuts as part of a healthy dietary pattern.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/SimpleCookingwithHeart/Go-Nuts-But-just-a-little
Ingredients
- 8 sticks celery
- 1 cup pecans toasted and chopped
- 1/4 cup sliced green onion
- 1 tbsp whole grain mustard
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
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Instructions
- Chop celery and place in large bowl.
- Toast pecans and add to celery.
- Whisk together green onion, mustard, lemon juice, and olive oil.
- Pour over celery and pecans.
- Top with shaved Parmesan cheese.
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