{"id":95987,"date":"2016-12-19T02:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=95987"},"modified":"2016-12-19T14:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T22:09:06","slug":"simple-delicious-holiday-apple-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/simple-delicious-holiday-apple-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simple and Delicious Holiday Apple Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salads aren&#8217;t usually what you think of when you start to plan your festive dish list. But just because the holiday season has arrived doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t enjoy a healthy dose of greens! The technique in creating an ultra satisfying salad is simple: make sure to not overdress your greens, and always have some type of healthy fat to balance out the fibrous vegetables. (Indulgent doesn&#8217;t have to mean bad-for-you!)<\/p>\n<p>Yep, this is a salad that even Santa would love.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Holiday Apple Salad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>Ingredients<\/b><br \/>\n1 package or bag or fresh spinach<br \/>\n6 ounces toasted walnuts, roughly chopped if preferred<br \/>\n4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled<br \/>\n4 ounces dried cranberries<br \/>\n1\/2 medium red apple, thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p><b>Dressing<\/b><br \/>\n1\/2 lemon, freshly squeezed<br \/>\n1\/2 tablespoons maple syrup, honey, or agave nectar<br \/>\n1 shallot, finely diced<br \/>\n1\/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n1\/2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar<br \/>\n*Add as much oil and vinegar as you prefer*<br \/>\n1 tablespoon salt<br \/>\n1\/2 tablespoon freshly cracked pepper<\/p>\n<p><b>Directions<\/b><br \/>\n1. Add all of the salad ingredients in a large salad bowl, set aside.<br \/>\n2. In a small bowl, whisk in all of the dressing ingredients, until the dressing is thick and emulsified.<br \/>\n3. Right before serving, toss the dressing into the salad bowl and serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFunTeam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Salads aren't usually what you think of when you start to plan your festive dish ...","author":1264,"featured_media":95994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[268],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/18151818\/Holiday-Apple-Salad1-640x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/18151818\/Holiday-Apple-Salad1.jpg","formated_date":"December 19, 2016","category_name":"Food &amp; Drink","category_icon":"","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#c8e87d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}