Quick and Easy Baby Blue Salad

• 1 12 cups pecan halves
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon creole seasoning
• 2 (5 ounce) packages mixed salad greens
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 pint strawberry, quartered
• 12 cup balsamic vinaigrette
• 1 (4 ounce) packagecrumbled blue cheese

1. Place pecans on baking sheet (I covered the sheet with parchment paper for easy clean-up).
2. Coat pecans with cooking spray.
3. Combine sugar and Creole seasoning and sprinkle over pecans, tossing gently.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until pecans are golden brown, stirring once.
5. Cool thoroughly.
6. Gently toss together greens, mandarin oranges, strawberries, balsamic vinaigrette, and crumbled blue cheese and top with pecans.

pecan halves, sugar, creole seasoning, mixed salad greens, mandarin oranges, strawberry, balsamic vinaigrette, blue cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/quick-and-easy-baby-blue-salad-234303 (may not work)