Blue Cheese-Date Salad

Name: Blue Cheese-Date Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams quarts (about baby spinach leaves, rinsed and crisped; 6 slices (4 1/2 oz. total) bacon, cut in half crosswise; 2 Tbsps balsamic vinegar; 12 medjool dates (about 2/3 lb. total); 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 177 milliliters crumbled Oregon blue or other blue cheese

Blue Cheese-Date Salad might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 7g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 402 calories. Head to the store and pick up baby spinach leaves, olive oil, salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet.

Instructions

Slit dates lengthwise down 1 side and remove pits. Squeeze dates from ends to open slits, and fill equally with blue cheese. Press dates to close around cheese. Wrap a piece of bacon around each date, securing with a toothpick.

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Place dates in a 10- by 15-inch pan.

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Bake in a 450 oven until bacon is well browned, about 10 minutes (about 6 minutes in a convection oven); after about 4 minutes, use a wide spatula to ease dates loose from pan and turn over.

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