{"id":7505,"date":"2012-01-04T15:12:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=7505"},"modified":"2012-01-04T15:12:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T21:12:50","slug":"spinach-berry-cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/spinach-berry-cucumber-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinach Berry Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This delicious Spinach Berry Cucumber Salad is my &#8220;Salad of the Week&#8221; (I could probably make this a regular blog feature, if I wanted to&#8230;hmmm). \u00c2\u00a0I actually had this salad last week too. \u00c2\u00a0<em>And<\/em> I made it to bring to a friend&#8217;s house for New Year&#8217;s Eve. \u00c2\u00a0<em>And <\/em>I&#8217;m making more of it to bring to the hospital with me. (More on my attempt to eat healthy at the hospital after it actually happens!) \u00c2\u00a0This salad is wonderful! \u00c2\u00a0I think the dressing is what brings it all together. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve been adding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/10\/chicken-poppy-seed-salad\/\">grilled chicken<\/a> or leftover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/16\/caribbean-chicken-kebabs-with-lime-cayenne-butter\/\">chicken kebabs<\/a> to mine for a filling lunch. \u00c2\u00a0The recipe calls for sugared pecans, but I just throw in a handful of plain pecans. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m sure sugared pecans would be delicious if you want to make them (and if you want the extra sugar). \u00c2\u00a0Toasted pecans would be great too&#8230;I&#8217;m going to try that next time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Spinach-Berry-Cucumber-Salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7507\" title=\"Spinach Berry Cucumber Salad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Spinach-Berry-Cucumber-Salad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Spinach-Berry-Cucumber-Salad.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Spinach-Berry-Cucumber-Salad-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Spinach Berry Cucumber Salad<\/h3>\n<p>recipe from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trainermomma.com\/2011\/08\/spinach-berry-cucumber-salad\/\">Trainer Momma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 oz of fresh baby spinach<\/li>\n<li>1 cucumber, peeled and sliced<\/li>\n<li>4 green onions, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 pint fresh blueberries<\/li>\n<li>1 fresh peach, sliced<\/li>\n<li>handful of dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>handful of Asiago cheese, shredded<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1\/2 cup sugared pecans<\/li>\n<li>White Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing\u00c2\u00a0(see recipe below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix all the ingredients. Dress the salad to taste with the most of the dressing (I typically have a little left over) and serve immediately.<\/p>\n<h3>White Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing<\/h3>\n<p>recipe from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trainermomma.com\/2011\/08\/white-balsamic-vinaigrette-salad-dressing\/\">Trainer Momma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 cup extra virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup white balsamic vinegar \u00c2\u00a0(<em>Picky Apple Note: I just used regular balsamic)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1 Tb pure maple syrup<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 tsp garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 ground black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just mix all the ingredients in a jar and shake well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/spinach-berry-cucumber-salad\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This delicious Spinach Berry Cucumber Salad is my &#8220;Salad of the Week&#8221; (I could probably make this a regular blog feature, if I wanted to&#8230;hmmm). \u00c2\u00a0I actually had this salad last week too. \u00c2\u00a0And I made it to bring to a friend&#8217;s house for New Year&#8217;s Eve. \u00c2\u00a0And I&#8217;m making more of it to bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,6,5,32,80,48,7,69,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blueberries","category-chicken","category-main-dish","category-pecans","category-primal","category-recipes","category-salad","category-side-dish","category-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7505"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7512,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7505\/revisions\/7512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}