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To: MissMagnolia

Re: Cranberry Pecan & Greens Salad
Do you think raisins or dried blueberries would work? I have a bag of dried blueberries and haven’t found anything appealing to use them in.


10 posted on 12/17/2011 9:03:29 AM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Silentgypsy
No reason that they wouldn't work in that salad.

I should strongly consider rehydrating cranberries or blueberries here, at least partially, before making this recipe. It's a very easy process, if somewhat time-consuming.

Take your berries, add twice their volume of water in a bowl or large measuring cup, and let stand, covered, for about 2 hours for complete rehydration. Clearly, less than that for partial. Prefer distilled or chemically purified water to tap water.

Merry Christmas!

13 posted on 12/17/2011 9:34:04 AM PST by SAJ (What is the next tagline some overweening mod will censor?)
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To: Silentgypsy
Do you think raisins or dried blueberries would work?

I think so. If I were using raisins, I think I would use golden raisins, not the regular ones.The dried cranberries are a little sweet so if the blueberries are a little sweet, I think that would be a nice change ... something 'different'. I did a quick Google search and there are recipes out there for blueberry vinaigrette so there may even be a commercial one you could buy to substitute for the raspberry vinaigrette when you switch to blueberries. This salad is really versatile - a blue cheese lover could use blue cheese instead of feta and I think that would be good, too.

16 posted on 12/17/2011 9:51:39 AM PST by MissMagnolia (You can't fix stupid but you can vote it out.)
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