{"id":8913,"date":"2015-06-21T07:05:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T07:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/?p=8913"},"modified":"2015-06-21T07:25:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T07:25:38","slug":"kale-cherry-and-macademia-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/kale-cherry-and-macademia-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Kale, Cherry, and Macademia Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nI pulled this salad together with some friends the other day, making it up as we went along. <\/p>\n<p>Use this kale salad recipe as a formula, if you will. <strong> The ingredients are simple; kale, a nut or seed, and a dried fruit. You can vary it as you go along. <\/p>\n<p>Kale, cranberry, and toasted pumpkin seeds? Why not?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Add a delicious dressing, and pay attention to the two <strong>SECRET TIPS<\/strong> below, and you&#8217;ve created a healthy and gorgeous salad. <\/p>\n<p>Kale is soooo good for you, but many people think it&#8217;s too tough, or too green. This will shatter those stereotypes.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nVitamin K, cancer fighting, healthy glow promoting.. It has it all. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients: <\/strong><br \/>\n6 ounces of fresh kale<br \/>\n1\/2 cup dried cherries<br \/>\n1\/2 cup toasted macadamia nuts<br \/>\nOptional: 2 ounces raw goat cheese<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nMustard vinaigrette dressing:<\/strong><br \/>\n3 tablespoons olive oil<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tablespoons cider vinegar<br \/>\n1 tablespoon smooth Dijon mustard<br \/>\n1 1\/2 teaspoons local, raw honey<br \/>\nsea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Preheat oven to 350\u00b0 F and spread macademia nuts on a baking sheet. Toast them for 5 to 10 minutes, tossing them once or twice to toast evenly. Remove baking sheet and rough chop, leaving some pieces larger than others. <\/p>\n<p>2. Wash the kale and let it dry on paper towels. Remove the center stalks completely, using your hands to tear the kale.<br \/>\n<strong>SECRET TIP #1 <\/strong> Gather kale pieces together, and using a sharp knife, <strong>slice kale into<\/strong> <strong>ribbons<\/strong>, so that pieces are small and thin. Don&#8217;t worry about consistency. This tip works because it makes even mature kale easy to eat. <\/p>\n<p>3. Add the nuts and cherries. Crumble the goat cheese over top.<\/p>\n<p>4. Whisk dressing ingredients together in a small dish, and pour the dressing over the salad. <\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>SECRET TIP #2 <\/strong><strong>Allow your kale salad to sit for at least 20 minutes<\/strong> before serving.This marinates the kale further as it soaks up the dressing. And the good news is it will take<br \/>\ndelicious the next day, too. <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite kale salad?? Share with me here. I&#8217;m ready for more ideas from YOU.<br \/>\nXOXO<br \/>\nHolli <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"display: block !important; margin:0 !important; padding: 0 !important\" id=\"wpp_popup_post_end_element\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I pulled this salad together with some friends the other day, making it up as we went along. Use this kale salad recipe as a formula, if you will&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8913"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8950,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8913\/revisions\/8950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollithompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}