{"id":1651,"date":"2021-12-28T12:23:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T19:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2021-12-29T21:52:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T04:52:25","slug":"cranberries-are-the-gateway-vegetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/12\/28\/cranberries-are-the-gateway-vegetable\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberries are the gateway vegetable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My kids eat kale salad. Surprising, right? One thing that might have helped them get to that point was how I usually put dried cranberries and nuts or seeds into the salad. If they wanted those berries, they had to get a serving of the green stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134341-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134341-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134341-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134341-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134341-1536x1102.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134341.jpg 1872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kale Salad<\/strong><br>I like curly green kale the best, but this method works for any hardy greens. Remove stems from kale and tear or chop into bite-sized pieces. Place into a large, heatproof bowl. Fill the bowl with your hottest tap water (110-115 degrees) and let the kale soak for 10-15 minutes. Swish it around, to loosen any dirt. Lift it out by handfuls into a colander, and let it drain for a bit. (You could run it through a salad spinner too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, you could store the kale for several days, in a paper-towel lined bag or container. It&#8217;s nice to have ready-to-toss kale salad on hand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Place kale in a large bowl. Drizzle with dressing (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/04\/18\/lemon-caper-dressing\/\">this one<\/a> is good) or build it as you go: Olive oil, and an acidic ingredient such as lemon juice, balsamic or sherry vinegar. Generous pinch of salt. Toss vigorously &#8211; kale salad benefits from any amount of &#8220;massage&#8221; and\/or marinating time you can give it. Makes it a bit softer and the flavors more cohesive. Before serving, add chopped apple, dried cranberries, toasted nuts or pumpkin seeds, and more salt and pepper to taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweetening the deal for Kale Salad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[70,121,82,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1653,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions\/1653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}