{"id":5095,"date":"2012-09-03T21:09:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=5095"},"modified":"2022-08-13T12:38:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:38:41","slug":"watercress-bacon-and-kumquat-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/lifestyle\/food-recipes\/watercress-bacon-and-kumquat-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercress, Bacon and Kumquat salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<h3>-for the salad<\/h3>\n<p>1 pkt. watercress, with any large stems removed<br \/>\n1\/2 cup of cooked streaky bacon, cut up into small pieces<br \/>\n1\/2 cup kumquats, sliced thin and seeded<br \/>\n1 avocado, sliced<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon sea salt<br \/>\nfresh ground pepper<br \/>\nred pepper flakes<\/p>\n<h3>-for the dressing<\/h3>\n<p>\u00bd \u00a0cup kumquats, rinsed and small stem removed<br \/>\n1 large clove garlic, crushed<br \/>\n\u00bc \u00a0cup water, or more if needed<br \/>\n\u00bd\u00a0 cup olive oil<br \/>\n2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar<br \/>\n\u00bd \u00a0teaspoon sea salt<br \/>\n\u00bd \u00a0teaspoon fresh ground white pepper<br \/>\n\u00bd \u00a0teaspoon tabasco sauce<\/p>\n<h2>Method:<\/h2>\n<h3>-for the dressing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Combine the kumquats and water in a blender. Blend until smooth. With blender running, add the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, garlic, sea salt, pepper, and tabasco sauce. Scrape down the sides and check consistency\u2013add more water if needed. Taste for salt and acid levels and adjust accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>-for the salad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In a large bowl, toss the watercress and the bacon with the dressing. Layer on the slices of avocado and kumquat. Sprinkle with sea salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Drizzle with another few tablespoons of dressing and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click here to find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/extra-murals\/cooking-and-baking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cooking and baking classes<\/a> for kids, teens and adults in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Subscribe to our free weekly Jozikids\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/member-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0 for parents in Gauteng<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Like us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jozikids.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Facebook<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Follow us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/jozikids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Instagram<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qualified chef, who traded in her apron to be a teacher, constantly looking for fun recipes to play around with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":352667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}