{"id":9176,"date":"2012-01-10T09:15:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T16:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=9176"},"modified":"2012-10-14T09:18:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T16:18:50","slug":"balsamic-vegetable-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=9176","title":{"rendered":"Balsamic Vegetable Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>1 lb. fresh green beans (or frozen green beans, thawed)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>1\/2 C. water<\/p>\n<p>3\/4 C. diced Roma tomatoes<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 C. sliced red onion<\/p>\n<p>4 T. balsamic vinegar<\/p>\n<p>2 T. olive oil<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 tsp. pepper<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 C. chopped basil or parsley<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 tsp. sugar<\/p>\n<p>Mixed greens (Romaine, Butter, Iceberg, Spring Green Mix)<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 C. shredded Parmesan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cook beans in water for 5 minutes, just until crisp tender. Plunge beans into ice water for 5 minutes. Drain well. Place beans in a large bowl, add tomatoes and onions, and toss well. Combine vinegar, oil, pepper, basil, and sugar in a small bowl. Beat with a wire whisk.\u00c2\u00a0 Pour mixture over the vegetable mixture and toss gently. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 2 to 8 hours, stirring occasionally. To serve: Add 2 T. of the marinade to mixed greens and toss gently. Place greens on platter, spoon vegetable mixture on top of greens, drizzle lightly with marinade, and top with Parmesan. Serve remaining marinade on side.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 lb. fresh green beans (or frozen green beans, thawed) 1\/2 C. water 3\/4 C. diced Roma tomatoes 1\/2 C. sliced red onion 4 T. balsamic vinegar 2 T. olive oil 1\/4 tsp. pepper 1\/4 C. chopped basil or parsley 1\/2 tsp. sugar Mixed greens (Romaine, Butter, Iceberg, Spring Green Mix) 1\/2 C. shredded Parmesan &nbsp; Cook beans in water for 5 minutes, just until crisp tender. Plunge beans into ice water for 5 minutes. Drain well. Place beans in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=9176\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-9176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salads-dressings","tag-from-the-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9182,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9176\/revisions\/9182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}