{"id":7016,"date":"2026-08-27T12:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/?p=7016"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:38:54","slug":"crunchy-apple-mint-and-pomegranate-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/2026\/08\/27\/crunchy-apple-mint-and-pomegranate-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"CRUNCHY APPLE, MINT AND POMEGRANATE SALAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Make up the salad dressing first. This way you can place the sliced apples in half of the dressing to prevent them from turning brown.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HONEY AND LIME DRESSING<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \u00bc cup fresh lime juice\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  3 Tbls honey\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  1 tsp Dijon mustard\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  1 clove fresh garlic, crushed\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \u00bd tsp salt\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \u00bc tsp ground black pepper\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \u00bc tsp cinnamon\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \u00bd cup olive or sunflower oil\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  2 Tbls mayonnaise\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SALAD<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  2 large Granny Smith apples, cored and finely sliced (skin on)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  500g white shredded cabbage\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  20\u201325g fresh mint, finely chopped\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  2 sticks of celery, finely sliced\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \u2153 cup pomegranate seeds\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  \u00bd cup lightly crushed candied pecan nuts\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>METHOD<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  Combine all dressing ingredients and whisk together. Once sliced, place the apples into half the salad dressing and toss until well coated. Retain the other half to drizzle on once the salad is made up and ready to serve. Place cabbage on a platter. Add the finely sliced apples. Top with mint, celery and pomegranates. When ready to serve, pour over the remaining salad dressing and sprinkle with nuts.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make up the salad dressing first. This way you can place the sliced apples in half of the dressing to prevent them from turning brown. HONEY AND LIME DRESSING \u00bc cup fresh lime juice 3 Tbls honey 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 clove fresh garlic, crushed \u00bd tsp salt \u00bc tsp ground black pepper \u00bc tsp cinnamon \u00bd cup olive or sunflower oil 2 Tbls mayonnaise SALAD 2 large Granny Smith apples, cored and finely sliced (skin on) 500g white shredded cabbage 20\u201325g fresh mint, finely chopped 2 sticks of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,138,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-144","category-recipes","category-rosh-hashanah-sukkot-2026"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7018,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7016\/revisions\/7018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}