{"id":263,"date":"2009-05-08T21:23:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T04:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2009\/05\/08\/moroccan-orange-salad\/"},"modified":"2021-12-28T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T23:07:00","slug":"moroccan-orange-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2009\/05\/08\/moroccan-orange-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan Orange Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/15197746@N03\/3516815407\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3407\/3516815407_b75e93e29d_c.jpg\" alt=\"MoroccanSalad\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is our favorite main-course salad. The recipe is adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Healthy-Cooking-Two-Just-You\/dp\/0875964486\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=\">Healthy Cooking for Two or Just You<\/a>, by Frances Price. I learned to cook from this book &#8211; how to approach cooking with confidence and how to branch out from the basics. The subtitle of the book, &#8220;Low-fat recipes with half the fuss and double the taste,&#8221; says it all. Thank you, Ms. Price!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moroccan Orange Salad<\/strong> (serves 2 as a main dish)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 medium navel or seedless oranges<\/li>\n<li>2 thin slices red onion<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbsp olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbsp red wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>Cayenne pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>4 cups torn red-leaf lettuce or other salad greens<\/li>\n<li>8 Kalamata olives, pitted and sliced<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp crumbled Feta cheese<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp pecan pieces or sliced almonds, toasted<\/li>\n<li>1 boneless chicken breast, broiled or grilled<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 cup couscous<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cut the oranges horizontally (along the equator, so to speak) into 1\/2 inch slices. Peel off the strips of rind and separate each slice into several sections. Reserve about 1\/2 an orange and squeeze the juice (about 2 tablespoons.)<\/p>\n<p>In a small bowl, whisk together the orange juice, oil, vinegar, salt, and cayenne. Add the oranges and onion slices, stir to coat and let stand at room temperature for 10-20 minutes to blend the flavors.<\/p>\n<p>Place the lettuce on 2 plates. Scatter the olives on top. Scoop the oranges and onions onto the salads, and top with chicken. Sprinkle with feta, nuts, and drizzle with the dressing left in the bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Cook the couscous according to package directions, adding a pinch of salt to the boiling water, and when it is done fluff with a fork and serve alongside the salad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is our favorite main-course salad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15],"tags":[70,121,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263"}],"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=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}