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> On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:35:10 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>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/
But... I said I didn't want to make cookies, cake or desserts. I was looking
for a savory dish.