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First Place Recipe Roasted Blueberry and Gorgonzola Grilled Cheese Sandwich This sweet and savory grilled cheese is perfectly balanced with creamy Gorgonzola and juicy blueberries melted between warm, crusty bread.

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First Place Recipe Roasted Blueberry and Gorgonzola Grilled Cheese Sandwich This sweet and savory grilled cheese is perfectly balanced with creamy Gorgonzola and juicy blueberries melted between warm, crusty bread.

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First Place Recipe Roasted Blueberry and Gorgonzola Grilled Cheese Sandwich This sweet and savory grilled cheese is perfectly balanced with creamy Gorgonzola and juicy blueberries melted between warm, crusty bread.

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First Place Recipe

Roasted Blueberry and Gorgonzola Grilled Cheese Sandwich
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This sweet and savory grilled cheese is perfectly balanced with creamy Gorgonzola and juicy blueberries melted between warm, crusty bread. Recipe submitted by Raleigh’s Felice Bogus.

 
 

Second Place Recipe

Smoked Trout with Blueberry Chutney and Pickled Onions
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Forget the capers — take your smoked trout to another level with a spiced blueberry chutney and a garnish of tangy pickled onions. This bright dish is perfect for those warm Spring evenings. Recipe submitted by Asheville’s Chris Bugher.

 
 

Third Place Recipe

Blueberry Coffee Cake
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This mouthwatering coffee cake is made even more scrumptious with the addition of fresh, ripe blueberries. You’ll never want to make coffee cake without blueberries again. Recipe submitted by Huntersville’s Karen Ulmer.

 

 

About Lowes Foods

 

 

 

 

Lowes Foods supports local businesses because it is one. As the truly homegrown, Carolinas-based grocery store since 1954, Lowes Foods proudly brings community to the table by providing guests the freshest local products from farms and businesses in the South. Today Lowes Foods operates over 100 full-service supermarkets and employs nearly 9,000 people, but remains as committed as ever to one thing: bringing together the very best of everything local. To learn more, visit www.lowesfoods.com or follow Lowes Foods on Facebook or Twitter.

This story was published on Dec 14, 2015

Our State Staff

Our State Staff

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