{"id":8578,"date":"2021-05-22T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T22:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2026-06-02T03:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:32:57","slug":"heartland-chopped-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/heartland-chopped-salad.html","title":{"rendered":"Heartland Chopped Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In our family, the MEN do the cooking for Mother&#8217;s Day dinner.\u00a0 Scott made this salad &#8211; outstanding!!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Note: You can buy the pomegranate molasses but it is hard to find. \u00a0You can easily make your own\u20264 cups pomegranate juice, 1\/2 cup sugar, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. \u00a0Bring to a boil then simmer until you have about 1 cup left. \u00a0This takes 1 to 1 1\/2 hours. \u00a0Just be careful toward the end that you monitor the molasses so it does not burn. \u00a0The temperature of the molasses when finished was 240\u00b0.\u00a0 The results are a thick, sweet, but tart, pomegranate molasses. \u00a0And it gives this dressing it\u2019s wonderful flavor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/3 c dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>1 bunch dinosaur kale (lacinato kale), ribs removed and leaves coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>4 oz baby spinach, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 ripe Asian pear, cored, halved and chopped (Bosc good too)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 c Overcooked Wild Rice, recipe follows<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c toasted walnuts\/pecans, coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c pomegranate nibs (Please, look for the ones in a container &#8211; whole pomegranates are a messy deal)<\/li>\n<li>Pomegranate Molasses Dressing, recipe follows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a small saucepan.<\/li>\n<li>Add the dried cranberries and let sit for 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Drain off excess water.<\/li>\n<li>Combine the kale, spinach, pear, rice, walnuts and rehydrated cranberries in large bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle 1\/4 cup of the Pomegranate Molasses Dressing over.<\/li>\n<li>Gently toss until evenly coated.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer to a serving bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle with more dressing when ready to serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Overcooked Wild Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 c wild rice<\/li>\n<li>Kosher salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine the rice, 6 cups water and 1 tablespoon salt in a large saucepan.<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the grains open all the way, 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes. The rice should be very cooked (not even the slightest chewy).<\/li>\n<li>Drain well.<\/li>\n<li>Spread on a baking sheet in an even layer and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Allow to cool to room temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Yield:<\/strong> 3 cups<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pomegranate Molasses Dressing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 c white wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>2 Tab pomegranate molasses<\/li>\n<li>1 Tab clover honey<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp Dijon mustard<\/li>\n<li>Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 c olive oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Whisk together the vinegar, pomegranate molasses, honey, mustard, 1\/4 teaspoon salt and 1\/4 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly whisk in the oil until emulsified.<\/li>\n<li>The dressing will keep in the refrigerator, tightly covered, for up to 2 days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Yield: 1\/2 cup<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves:\u00a0 <\/strong>4-6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0 <\/strong>Food Network, Bobby Flay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our family, the MEN do the cooking for Mother&#8217;s Day dinner.\u00a0 Scott made this salad &#8211; outstanding!!\u00a0 Note: You can buy the pomegranate molasses but it is hard to find. \u00a0You can easily make your own\u20264 cups pomegranate juice, 1\/2 cup sugar, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. \u00a0Bring to a boil then simmer until &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/heartland-chopped-salad.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heartland Chopped Salad&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salads-and-salad-dressings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8578"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11755,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions\/11755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}