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This recipe idea came from a favorite restaurant of mine, located in Rochester Hills, Michigan called Mind, Body, and Spirit. The dish I ordered was called spinach salad with stuffed dates and blue cheese. I kept thinking to myself, blue cheese, bacon, and dates did not sound very appealing and BOY! Was I wrong! The sharpness of the blue cheese, the saltiness of the bacon with the sweetness of the dates just complement each other so well. The restaurant now serves the stuffed dates as an appetizer and I do not have to order the stuff dates there anymore because I found the recipe on-line and make it often at home.
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Stuffed Dates with Blue Cheese and Bacon Appetizer
Recipe re-created June 29, 2010
1 dozen Medjool Dates, pitted
(You can adjust the quantity for the number of people you want to serve – for an appetizer – figure 3 per person)
6 slices of bacon, cut in half so there will be 12 halved slices
¼ to ½ cup of blue cheese crumbles
12 toothpicks
Slice the date oblong to remove the seed. Do not cut through the date completely, just enough to remove the seed. Remove the seed and repeat with the rest of the dates. Stuff the dates with ½ teaspoon to 1-1/2 teaspoon of crumbled blue cheese and close the slit up. Wrap a ½ slice of bacon around the stuffed date and secure with a toothpick. Put on a cookie tray or stone and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes until the bacon is cooked. Serve warm. Enjoy!
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