Avocado and Blue Cheese Salad

==Description==
 
===Ingredients===
* ½ Cup olive oil
* ¼ Cup white wine vinegar
* ½ tsp grated lemon rind
* 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
* 2 Tbsp Honey
* 2 garlic cloves, pressed
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 ½ Cups pecan halves
* 11/16 Cups Sugar, divided
* 2 California avocados, peeled and chopped
* 1/3 Cups crumbled blue Cheese
* 8 Cups mixed salad greens
==Directions==
Whisk together first 7 ingredients. Remove 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, reserving remaining vinaigrette. 
Toss pecan halves with 3 tablespoons vinaigrette in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; add 2 tablespoons Sugar, tossing to coat. Spread pecans evenly onto a baking sheet. 
Bake at 350° for 10 minutes, stirring twice. Remove from pan; toss with remaining Sugar, and cool. 
Stir avocado and blue Cheese into reserved vinaigrette. Arrange salad greens on individual plates; sprinkle with pecans, and drizzle with vinaigrette.
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== See also ==
Category:Avocado Recipes
Category:Cheese Recipes
Category:Hass avocado Recipes
Category:Pecan Recipes
Category:White vinegar Recipes