{"id":16285,"date":"2013-12-17T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=16285"},"modified":"2013-12-17T13:23:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:23:39","slug":"christmas-strawberry-spinach-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/17\/christmas-strawberry-spinach-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Strawberry Spinach Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret what I will bring when asked to provide a salad\u00a0for any social gathering.\u00a0 It is a party favorite, delicious\u00a0AND a nice change from your standard salad.\u00a0 It has actually been a staple for me this holiday season and provides a little color and healthy option to fill your plate and leave room for a few treats. Not only is it a great option for dinner parties, but this <em><strong><span style=\"color: #f8061e;\">Strawberry<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spinach<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Salad<\/span><\/strong> <\/em>is my favorite for weekday lunches with leftover grilled chicken.<\/p>\n<p>There are no specific measurements&#8212;just throw in the amount of your favorites\u00a0depending on\u00a0the \u00a0number of servings you have planned.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bunch of Mixed greens or Spinach<\/li>\n<li>Sliced Strawberries<\/li>\n<li>Grapes<\/li>\n<li>Avocados<\/li>\n<li>Dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>Sliced almonds or pecans<\/li>\n<li>Lite Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix all together and top with cheese such as mozzarella or feta (optional).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/straberry-salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16288 aligncenter\" alt=\"straberry salad\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/straberry-salad-300x226.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/straberry-salad-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/straberry-salad.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to use for a quick lunches, prepare all ingredients ahead of time without the\u00a0nuts \u00a0and\u00a0add a couple of\u00a0tablespoons\u00a0of them right before eating.\u00a0 The Raspberry Vinaigrette is not only delicious, but does not need to stay refrigerated so it is easy to pack and carry with you for a lunch to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/salad-dressing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16290 aligncenter\" alt=\"salad dressing\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/salad-dressing.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To avoid extra pounds this Christmas, bring this as your healthy option to any gathering.\u00a0 Fill your plate with this delicious, low-calorie salad to save a little room for those not-so-healthy options that you might choose to indulge in. Allow the salad to be your filler and enjoy smaller portions of your favorite holiday treats.\u00a0 But I have to warn you, this <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #f9050f;\">Strawberry <\/span>Spinach Salad<\/span> may just become your favorite!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Good Health,<\/p>\n<p>Crystal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret what I will bring when asked to provide a salad\u00a0for any social gathering.\u00a0 It is a party favorite, delicious\u00a0AND a nice change from your standard salad.\u00a0 It has actually been a staple for me this holiday season and provides a little color and healthy option to fill your plate and leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":16288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[2399],"tags":[3038,4808,2475,2256,425,4818,4810,2444,4809],"class_list":["post-16285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-wellness-fitness","tag-at-home-w-gch","tag-christmas-salad","tag-coaching-with-crystal","tag-crystal-breaux","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-healthy-options","tag-raspberry-vinaigrette","tag-strawberry-recipes","tag-strawberry-spinach-salad","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/straberry-salad.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4eF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16285"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16309,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285\/revisions\/16309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}