{"id":835,"date":"2008-06-06T19:15:15","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T23:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2008-06-06T19:15:15","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T23:15:15","slug":"scrumptious-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/scrumptious-sum\/","title":{"rendered":"scrumptious summer salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/06\/06\/summer_salad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Summer_salad\" alt=\"Summer_salad\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/06\/06\/summer_salad.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>When this month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroithomemag.com\/\">Detroit Home<\/a> landed in my mailbox, I started salivating.&nbsp; Doesn&#8217;t that salad look delish?&nbsp; And the recipe is pretty simple too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">Summer Salad<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serves 4-6<\/p>\n<p>4 cups mixed greens<\/p>\n<p>1 carrot, julienned<\/p>\n<p>2 sliced radishes<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 pint fresh blueberries<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 pint fresh raspberries<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 pint sliced fresh strawberries<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup candied nuts (almonds or pecans work best)<\/p>\n<p>Toss greens, carrot and radish with blueberry dill vinaigrette (see below).&nbsp; Garnish with berries and nuts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">Blueberry Dill Vinaigrette<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 cups fresh orange juice (about 10 oranges)<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 pint fresh blueberries<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon sugar<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup olive oil<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon chopped fresh dill<\/p>\n<p>In a small pot, reduce the orange juice over medium heat to 1\/2 cup.&nbsp; Do not boil.&nbsp; In a blender, combine the blueberries and the orange juice reduction.&nbsp; Add sugar, salt and olive oil.&nbsp; Finish with dill.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>Need a little inspiration when it comes to the kitchen?&nbsp; We love finding yummy recipes that you&#8217;ll want to make.&nbsp; Simply <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>sign up<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong> to receive these blog posts in your email inbox and pretty soon your family will be begging for your signature dishes!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/scrumptious-sum\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/scrumptious-sum\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When this month&#8217;s Detroit Home landed in my mailbox, I started salivating.&nbsp; Doesn&#8217;t that salad look delish?&nbsp; And the recipe is pretty simple too. 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