Warm Napa Cabbage Salad with Bacon, Blue Cheese and Apple

Add some chicken to this and you have a meal.

2 T. dijon Mustard
2 T. white wine vinegar
1 1/2 lb head Napa cabbage
1 8oz head radicchio
1/2 lg Granny Smith apple, 1/2 lg Gala apple, sliced
5 thick slices applewood bacon slices
1 c blue cheese
extra virgin oliive oil
salt and pepper

Whisk mustard and vinegar in small bowl for dressing, add salt and pepper.. Heat olive oil in large pot.  Add bacon and cook until crisp.  Add cabbage and radicchio; stir until wilted, about 1 minute.  Transfer cabbage mixture to large bowl.  Add mustard dressing, apple and cheese to bowl and toss.

Serves 4

Buffalo Chicken Wraps

Recipe courtesy of All Recipes 2009

I LOVE Buffalo Chicken.  This is such an easy recipe and it can easily be adapted to a salad. Omit the hot sauce on some of the chicken and it is also great for the kids.  

• 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1/4 cup hot sauce
• 4 (10 inch) flour tortillas
• 2 cups shredded lettuce
• 1 celery stalk, diced
• 1/2 cup blue cheese dressing

1. Heat the vegetable oil and butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place the chicken in the pan; cook and stir until the chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Pour the hot sauce over the cooked chicken and toss to coat.
2. Lay out the flour tortillas and divide the chicken evenly among the tortillas. Top the chicken with lettuce, celery, and blue cheese dressing. Fold in the sides of the tortilla and roll the wrap burrito-style.

High and Mighty Good Pear Salad

Recipe courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens, October 2008

A vertical version of a pear salad.  We made this for a gourmet auction dinner and it was loved by all.

Toss 2 Cups watercress, 2 Tbsp. toasted pecans, 2 oz. crumbled blue cheese with your favorite vinaigrette dressing.

Core 4 smooth skinned pears from the bottom, keeping them intact.  Slice pears in four horizontal slices; brush cut sides with lemon juice.  Reassemble pears with salad mix in between.

Drizzle with honey and serve.

Serves 4

Chinese Chicken Salad

Recipe courtesy of Don Yamaoka


2 T. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup salad oil
1 T. sesame oil
3T. vinegar
sesame seeds
2 green onions, chopped
1 head of lettuce,  broken into bite size pieces
1 whole cooked rotisserie chicken, remove from bone and shred
Chinese noodles

Combine first 6 ingredients to make dressing.

Combine lettuce, onions and chicken in a salad bowl. Mix with salad dressing and top with sesame seeds and noodles