{"id":12098,"date":"2013-05-24T00:30:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T04:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=12098"},"modified":"2013-07-05T18:34:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T22:34:01","slug":"at-home-with-gch-bacon-and-peach-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/24\/at-home-with-gch-bacon-and-peach-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacon and Peach Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bacon-Peach-Salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-12102\" alt=\"Bacon Peach Salad\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bacon-Peach-Salad-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bacon-Peach-Salad-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bacon-Peach-Salad-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it&#8217;s hot, I crave a nice cool salad. \u00a0This <strong>Bacon and Peach Salad<\/strong>\u00a0would be great, with some sweet and spicy barbecued chicken, perfect for your Memorial Day BBQ! \u00a0My husband brought home some ripe avocados and sweet little peaches from the farmer&#8217;s market this past weekend. \u00a0If you can&#8217;t find peaches yet, give it a few weeks &#8211; this salad is worth the wait!<\/p>\n<p>For the dressing, you can use any mild vinaigrette you have in the fridge, or use my recipe below. \u00a0I used romaine lettuce, but I bet spinach, or even arugula, would be tasty too. \u00a0This salad is based on an Emeril Lagasse recipe, and he adds feta. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t have any, but next time I make it, I&#8217;ll sprinkle on a little feta or crumbled goat cheese. \u00a0And this dish was so delicious, there WILL be a next time!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bacon and Peach Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Makes four small starter salads or two larger side dish salads<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-5 slices bacon<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons rice vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon honey<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard<\/li>\n<li>salt and pepper<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2 heads romaine lettuce, torn into pieces<\/li>\n<li>1 ripe peach, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 ripe avocado, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon crumbled feta for each plate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Dice the bacon and cook until crispy. \u00a0Drain on paper towels and set aside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>While the bacon is cooking, add the vinegar, honey, mustard, salt and pepper, garlic powder, and olive oil in a small container with a lid, and shake vigorously to combine.<\/li>\n<li>To serve, divide the lettuce among the plates and top with bacon, peach, and avocado. \u00a0Drizzle with the dressing and sprinkle with feta.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Explore, experiment, enjoy!<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Dana<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To view even more of Dana\u2019s unique recipes, you can visit her at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/frugalgirlmet.blogspot.com\/\">Frugal\u00a0Girlmet<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When it&#8217;s hot, I crave a nice cool salad. \u00a0This Bacon and Peach Salad\u00a0would be great, with some sweet and spicy barbecued chicken, perfect for your Memorial Day BBQ! \u00a0My husband brought home some ripe avocados and sweet little peaches from the farmer&#8217;s market this past weekend. \u00a0If you can&#8217;t find peaches yet, give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[9296,2561,2559,279,398,2486,2560,926],"class_list":["post-12098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-at-home-with-gch","tag-avocado-recipes","tag-bacon-recipes","tag-dana-kim","tag-frugal-girlmet","tag-frugal-girlmet-recipes","tag-peach-recipes","tag-salad-recipes","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-398","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12098"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12998,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12098\/revisions\/12998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}