At Home with Lindsey Bell of The Dinner Darling
After years of cooking the same family meals on repeat, Lindsey Bell turned to her social media community to seek fresh ideas and soon realized that many people needed a solution for saving time and money while creating delicious meals for their families. Lindsey soon decided to pivot from a career in corporate sales and marketing to focus full time on launching The Dinner Darling to help make answering the question "what's for dinner?" easier and more enjoyable through her blog and e-newsletter subscription, The Weekly Dish, providing easy recipes, grocery lists, and nutritional information.
Pecans are one of the simplest ways to enhance recipes that may already be in your repertoire, adding flavor, texture and a nutritious boost. Lindsey shares three of her favorite fall dishes - an Apple Pecan Salad, Cinnamon Sugar Pecans, and Maple Pecan Pork Tenderloin - that will surely have your family asking "can we have seconds?"
Apple Pecan Salad
Ingredients:
Salad
3 cups fresh spinach
1 Granny Smith apple, sliced thin
5 pieces of bacon, cooked and crumbled
¼ cup crumbled goat cheese
1 cup Schermer pecan pieces
Vinaigrette
¼ cup olive oil
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp Dijon mustard
Pinch of salt
Directions:
Cinnamon Sugar Pecans
Ingredients:
1 egg white
1 lb pecan halves
1 cup white sugar
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 pinch of salt
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 250 degrees F, and spray a large baking sheet with nonstick spray. In a large mixing bowl, whisk egg white with 1 tablespoon of water until frothy. Add 1 lb pecan halves to the bowl, carefully mixing to coat with egg mixture. In a separate bowl, whisk 1 cup white sugar with 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Add the sugar mixture to the pecans and stir well to coat. Pour the pecans onto your baking sheet, and bake the for one hour, stirring once every 20 minutes. Remove, and let cool before serving.
Maple Pecan Pork Tenderloin
Ingredients:
2 pork tenderloins, fat trimmed
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp black pepper
½ cup maple syrup
¼ cup light brown sugar
1 cup Schermer pecan pieces
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