{"id":27438,"date":"2014-04-29T11:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=27438"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:08:25","slug":"cleanse-spring-salad-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/cleanse-spring-salad-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleansing Spring Salad Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The change of the season from winter to spring calls for a change in the types of foods we’re putting on our plates. It\u2019s time to add in more fresh, alkalizing and cleansing vegetables. This salad<\/a> combines greens and microgreens with root vegetables to create a more flavorful way to detox.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Spring
Photo by Renee Blair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleansing Spring Salad Recipe<\/h3>\n

Serves 5<\/em><\/p>\n

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes\u00a0<\/p>\n

[skinnybox]<\/p>\n

Ingredients <\/b><\/h3>\n

For the salad:<\/em>
2 medium golden beets (or 3 small)
<\/span>4 large carrots
1 cucumber
3 tablespoons sesame seeds
1\/4 cup chopped cilantro
1\/2 cup microgreens or sprouts
4 cups mixed greens of your choice (baby spinach, arugula, pea shoots, etc.)
1 avocado<\/p>\n

For the dressing:<\/em>
<\/b>3 tablespoons brown rice vinegar
1 1\/2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1\/4 tsp sea salt<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. Peel and slice the beets and carrots. Put them in a steamer basket over boiling water and steam just until tender (about 7 minutes).<\/li>\n
  2. While the beets and carrots steam, quarter and slice the cucumber and place in a large mixing bowl. Toss with the sesame seeds, cilantro, and half of the microgreens or sprouts.\u00a0 Set aside.<\/li>\n
  3. Remove the beets and carrots from the heat and rinse them under cold water to cool them quickly. Strain well to remove excess water and toss them with the cucumbers.<\/li>\n
  4. Wisk together all of the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and pour half of it over vegetables. Toss well to combine.<\/li>\n
  5. Arrange the mixed greens on a platter and drizzle with the remaining dressing. Top the greens with the beets, carrots and cucumbers. Garnish with the remaining sprouts and sliced avocado.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"Spring
    Photo by Renee Blair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    For more recipes from Renee, visit\u00a0<\/i>www.nourishtheroots.com<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and follow her on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

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    Add some fresh, alkalizing and cleansing vegetables into your food menu. This refreshing spring salad is perfect for the season ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":27439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,9,17],"tags":[29,85,228,341,381,178,95],"class_list":["post-27438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-vegan","tag-antioxidants","tag-salad","tag-spring","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets","tag-vegetable","tag-vegetarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}