{"id":414,"date":"2015-12-09T15:23:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2015-12-09T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:23:37","slug":"kale-blt-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/kale-blt-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"KALE BLT SALAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>KALE BLT SALAD<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><em><strong>Makes\u00a04 servings<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><em>Best if olive oil and vinegar is massaged into the\u00a0leaves and left to sit for about 20-30 minutes to soften the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-415\" src=\"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kale-blt.jpg\" alt=\"kale-blt\" width=\"423\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kale-blt.jpg 423w, https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kale-blt-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kale-blt-198x300@2x.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/>kale before serving.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 10 oz. bag Tuscan Curly Kale<br \/>\n1 pound bacon, sliced into 1\/4-inch pieces<br \/>\nOnions, garlic, shallots (about 3\/4 cup \u2013 I use Trader Joe\u2019s \u201cfresh, cut, and ready\u201d)<br \/>\n1 cups heirloom tomatoes, halved<br \/>\n1 cup spicy pecans (I buy Trader Joe\u2019s)<br \/>\nOlive oil<br \/>\nGolden Balsamic Vinegar<\/p>\n<h3><strong>DIRECTIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1. Cook the bacon pieces until crisp; place on a paper towel to drain. Pour the grease in a separate jar or container (or toss), leaving about 2-3 T. of bacon grease in the pan. Add the onions, garlic, and shallots mixture. Cook until soft and clear, about 2-3 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>2. Remove kale from the bag placing in the serving salad bowl. Add the warm onion mixture. Toss and set aside for 20-30 minutes to soften the leaves.<\/p>\n<p>3. Add the chopped tomatoes, bacon, and pecans to the salad bowl; toss.<\/p>\n<p>4. Drizzle with olive oil and golden balsamic vinegar; serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KALE BLT SALAD Makes\u00a04 servings Best if olive oil and vinegar is massaged into the\u00a0leaves and left to sit for about 20-30 minutes to soften the kale before serving. INGREDIENTS 1 10 oz. bag Tuscan Curly Kale 1 pound bacon, sliced into 1\/4-inch pieces Onions, garlic, shallots (about 3\/4 cup \u2013 I use Trader Joe\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\" [&hellip;]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/kale-blt-salad\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,48,53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themusclecook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}