On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:35:10 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>We eat a lot of pecan halves in salads. I sometimes make a chicken salad
>that uses them as well. But... I messed up and bought a HUGE bag of chopped
>pecans and don't know what to do with them. I have already made Applets. As
>in Applets and Cotlets. Those normally use walnuts but I used pecans. The
>end result tasted good but I think there was not enough pectin in the apples
>because they didn't set up as firmly as they should have. I normally use
>apples from my tree and those are perfect.
>
>I have also made vegan fudge using Christina Pirello's recipe but that calls
>for brown rice syrup and I don't feel like trying to track that down.
>
>
>And I made pralines which I know would be better with the halves. Damn but
>they were good but that was also a way to use up some cream. I'm not
>planning to buy more cream and as a diabetic, those are not what should be
>eating.
>
>Do you know of any savory type recipes that I could use these in? Do you
>think they would work in a chicken salad or would they sort of get lost in
>there? I also find myself with some extra canned pineapple. Apparently I
>bought some at some point and it got put in a weird place. I found that
>today. I have not made chicken salad with pineapple. I normally use apples.
>I do have a lot of apples too. Hmmm...
>
>Mainly the people I am cooking for are trying to avoid eating wheat. They do
>eat some but I would prefer not to do something like a cake or cookies as I
>won't eat that stuff and not sure that they would. I do sometimes make
>gluten free things for them. I guess I could do some more zucchini muffins
>if I ever find good zucchini again. For weeks now, the only zucchini I've
>seen in the stores has been tiny and not very big around. That would use up
>some nuts but I have a lot of them. Thanks!

Nutter Butter:
https://cookieandkate.com/2012/pecan-butter-recipe/