Strawberry Fields Salad

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 strips bacon

  precooked and crumbled
• 1 cup whole pecan halves
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 chicken breasts – Diced/ready chicken

  or rotisserie
• salt and pepper

  to taste
• 1 bag mixed greens
• 1 lb strawberries

  trimmed & sliced
• 1/2 small red onion

  thinly sliced
• 4 oz bleu cheese

  crumbled
• 1 cup strawberries

  sliced
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp Honey
• 1 tbsp Brown sugar
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Preheat to oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 Cook bacon until crisped, about 5-10 minutes.
• 3 Crumble, then set aside.
• 4 Cut cooked chicken into uniform pieces.
• 5 Turn oven down to 350 degrees.
• 6 Melt butter and honey in a bowl add pecans and toss to coat.
• 7 Spread out on a silpat or parchment paper on a baking sheet
• 8 Bake for 5-6 minutes, or until golden brown and fragrant
• 9 Sprinkle lightly with salt then set aside to cool.
• 10 Divide greens between the plates and top with bacon, roasted pecans, chicken,
  strawberries, red onion, and bleu cheese.
• 11 Drizzle on Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette (recipe below)
• 12 Place all ingredients in a small blender or food processor.
• 13 Blend at medium to high speed until well mixed, about one minute.
• 14 Taste the dressing and adjust with more sweetener or vinegar, as needed.

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