This is my first review and I'm thrilled to add my thoughts. This was an total home run! I've served it twice to different guests and they've all asked for the recipe.

Awesome! Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe (always a good sign in my book, lol) And it was just as easy as Tracy B. said it was. I made a couple adjustments because I was serving it to people who love their chili hot. I used one 10 oz. can of Rotel tomatoes with green chilies and one 14.5 oz. can of regular diced tomatoes instead of the 28 oz. can of diced tomatoes. Plus, I used 'hot' chili beans. Oh yeah, one more change but I doubt it enhanced it at all but after adding the meat, I cooked in a crock pot it on low for 10 hours (you could probably get by with less time - I simply forgot to turn it off :-).

Awesome! This is a wonderful salad for a special event. However, rather than prepare as a tossed salad, next time I'll arrange the greens on individual plates then add pear slices, pecans and the cheese for an even more elegant flare to it. But the taste is fabulous!

This was very good but I only gave it 4 stars because I didn't think it was over the top.

My first attempt came out very bland. If I try again then I'll add more and better quality smoked salmon.