{"id":425617,"date":"2024-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=425617"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Add-Fresh-Grape-Flavor-to-Holiday-Festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Add-Fresh-Grape-Flavor-to-Holiday-Festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Fresh Grape Flavor to Holiday Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2>Add Fresh Grape Flavor to Holiday Festivities<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Family Features) As holiday guests arrive full of cheer in anticipation of a mouthwatering meal, you can start the celebration with a light yet flavorful salad that looks as delicious as it tastes. Start with a signature ingredient like grapes, which can elevate festive dishes from appetizers and cocktails to sides, main courses and desserts.<\/p>\n<p>This Lemony Grapes and Greens Salad offers an easy, impressive dish featuring Grapes from California with their crisp, juicy burst of flavor to complement a homemade lemon vinaigrette adorning mixed greens, slivered onions, diced avocado and pistachios. Available into January, fresh California grapes are a perfect solution for the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget: You can also elevate the aesthetic appeal of your gathering by using fresh California grapes as decor by draping them along the dining room table, using them to fill vases and complement floral arrangements or freezing them to use as homemade ice cubes in cocktails.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grapesfromcalifornia.com\/?utm_source=familyfeatures&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=#16783-CaliforniaTableGrapes\">grapesfromcalifornia.com<\/a> to find more holiday recipe and decor ideas.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Watch video to see how to make this recipe!<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AokV0GnsOv8?si=bVpIgG10mtJHeUvS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d2z0g7klazfonw.cloudfront.net\/production\/additional_images\/23796\/16783_VID_Lemony_Grapes_and_Greens_Salad_detail_Image_embed.jpg?1730920507\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grapesfromcalifornia.com\/recipes\/lemony-grapes-and-greens-salad\/?utm_source=familyfeatures&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=#16783-CaliforniaTableGrapes\">Lemony Grapes and Greens Salad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prep time: 25 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Servings: 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lemon Vinaigrette:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cup extra-virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tablespoons lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tablespoon honey<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 garlic clove, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 teaspoons spicy brown or stone-ground mustard<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 teaspoon sea salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 teaspoon pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Salad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cups mixed torn greens (endive, watercress, frisee or butter lettuce)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 \u00a0\u00a0 cups halved Grapes from California<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cup slivered red onion<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 large firm but ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and diced<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cup roasted, salted pistachio kernels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>To make lemon vinaigrette: In small bowl, whisk olive oil, lemon juice, honey, garlic, mustard, salt and pepper.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>To make salad: In large bowl, mix greens, grapes and onion. Drizzle with dressing and toss well to coat. Add avocado. Sprinkle with pistachios. Toss lightly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Nutritional information per serving:<\/strong> 230 calories; 4 g protein; 19 g carbohydrates; 17 g fat (67% calories from fat); 2.5 g saturated fat (10% calories from saturated fat); 0 mg cholesterol; 130 mg sodium; 5 g fiber.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.google-analytics.com\/collect?v=1&amp;tid=UA-482330-7&amp;cid=1955551e-1975-5e52-0cdb-8516071094cd&amp;sc=start&amp;t=pageview&amp;dl=http%3A%2F%2Ftrack.familyfeatures.com%2F16783%2F9568&amp;dt=ADD-FRESH-GRAPE-FLAVOR-TO-HOLIDAY-FESTIVITIES\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/779164a2d58fde9a02f501afda8bbf0d.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>Add Fresh Grape Flavor to Holiday Festivities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add Fresh Grape Flavor to Holiday Festivities (Family Features) As holiday guests arrive full of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}