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Pear & Brie Mixed Green Salad with Blackberry Spice + Sage Vinaigrette

Vinaigrette: ¼ cup Sallie’s Greatest Blackberry Spice + Sage Jam ¼ cup balsamic vinegar ¼ cup olive oil Salt & pepper to taste Salad: 8 oz. mixed greens 2 pears sliced thin 12 blackberries 1 6 oz. wedge of brie sliced 1/3 cup walnuts toasted Kosher salt  Mix jam, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper together in a jar.  Shake to mix vinaigrette.  Place the mixed greens on 4 plates, top each with ½ sliced pear that has been salted lightly with kosher salt, sliced brie, walnuts and 3-4 blackberries.  Drizzle with vinaigrette.  Serves 4

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Scallop & Roasted Pepper Salad w/ Peach Pepper + Ginger Dressing

1 lb scallops (may substitute shrimp) 2 large green or red peppers (or buy roasted peppers and skip this preparation) 2 tomatoes cut into wedges 1 cucumber sliced 1 small sweet red onion chopped (can use white sweet onion or 2 green onions) ½ cup crumbled goat cheese Mixed salad greens or arugula ¼ cup olive oil ¼ cup apple cider vinegar ¼ cup Sallie’s Greatest Peach Pepper + Ginger jam Salt & Pepper to taste Preheat broiler. Place washed peppers on rack in broiler pan. Broil about 15 minutes close to heat until charred. Put peppers in plastic wrap or a brown bag and let stand 10 to 15 minutes until skin wrinkles and can be pulled away. Remove...

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Blueberry + Lavender (or Strawberry + Basil) Salad

1 bag baby spinach 1/2 cup toasted pecans (or nuts of your choice) 1 cup fresh blueberries or sliced strawberries 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese 3 heaping teaspoons Blueberry + Lavender Jam or Strawberry + Basil Jam 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1/8 to 1/4 cup olive oil (to your taste/I like less oil) Salt & pepper to taste   Put spinach, blueberries or strawberries, pecans, blue cheese together in a salad bowl. Mix Blueberry + lavender Jam if using blueberries and Strawberry + Basil jam if using strawberries, vinegar, olive oil, salt & pepper together. Toss salad with dressing. Delicious!

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