{"id":31834,"date":"2021-02-11T09:10:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/?p=31834"},"modified":"2021-02-11T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:12:29","slug":"brussels-sprout-leaf-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/2021\/02\/11\/brussels-sprout-leaf-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels Sprout Leaf Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31840\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tsiknopempti_SNO_1810-001.jpg?resize=600%2C401&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tsiknopempti_SNO_1810-001.jpg?w=600&ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tsiknopempti_SNO_1810-001.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>About three years ago, I served up this salad for a Tsiknopempti-themed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/2018\/02\/11\/tsiknopempti-greek-supper-club-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek Supper Club<\/a>. It’s unusual, it looks great and tastes wonderful!<\/p>\n<p>Brussels sprouts are like little heads of cabbage – I love them!<\/p>\n<p>The salad greens here are the leaves, which you would peel off after snipping the stem.<\/p>\n<p>Throw in some dried cherries, almonds and crispy bacon and you have a delicious salad full of texture and flavour.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31837\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tsiknopempti_SNO_1783-001.jpg?resize=600%2C401&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tsiknopempti_SNO_1783-001.jpg?w=600&ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tsiknopempti_SNO_1783-001.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brussels Sprout Leaf Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(serves 4-6)<\/p>\n<p><em>1 lb. fresh Brussels sprouts<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1\/4 cup thinly sliced red onion<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1\/2 cup dried cherries or cranberries<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1\/3 cup sliced almonds (lightly toasted)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>4 strips of bacon, baked and hand-crumbled<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dressing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>1 Tbsp. Dijon style mustard<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2 Tbsp. honey<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>juice of 1 lemon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>juice of 1 orange<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>juice of 1\/2 pink grapefruit<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>approx. 1\/2 cup extra virgin olive oil<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>salt and pepper to taste<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut the stem aside of each sprout then peel the leaves (discard any dirty outer leaves) and place in a bowl along with your onions<\/li>\n<li>For the dressing, add all the ingredients in a mason jar, seal and shake to emulsify. Have a taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Add half your cherries, almonds and bacon into the salad bowl and add enough dressing to coat. Toss well, add dressing if needed.<\/li>\n<li>Divide and plate and garnish with remaining cherries, almonds and bacon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About three years ago, I served up this salad for a Tsiknopempti-themed Greek Supper Club. It’s unusual, it looks great and tastes wonderful! Brussels sprouts are like little heads of cabbage – I love them! The salad greens here are the leaves, which you would peel off after snipping the stem. Throw in some dried […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,76,205,305,26,199,35,368,87,354,116,152,201,168,16,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-almonds","category-bacon","category-cabbage","category-cherry","category-dressing","category-featured","category-fruit","category-greens","category-lemon","category-mustard","category-olive-oil","category-onions","category-oranges","category-recipe","category-salad","category-salt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tsiknopempti_SNO_1810-001.jpg?fit=600%2C401&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalofagas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}