{"id":36092,"date":"2022-12-20T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atastylovestory.com\/?p=36092"},"modified":"2022-12-20T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:52:40","slug":"mixed-super-salad-w-butter-beans-hokkaido-and-spinach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atastylovestory.com\/mixed-super-salad-w-butter-beans-hokkaido-and-spinach\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Super Salad with Butter Beans, Hokkaido & Spinach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy spring, everyone!<\/p>\n

Can you believe how amazing it feels when the sun starts shining again? It’s like an instant energy boost for the whole body. My mood has shifted completely and I can’t stop smiling. I have a sudden urge to wash my windows, buy colorful flowers, wear sneakers and a leather jacket, go downtown to drink coffee and enjoy the sunshine, run every morning, and I’m not getting tired in the evening (resulting in a lot of “The Walking Dead” watching), and yet I’m still waking up no later than 7 am. All in all, total awesomeness is once again entering my life.<\/p>\n

In my last salad post<\/a>, I talked about how much I love beans, especially in salads. I briefly mentioned a version of a salad that I had served to my girlfriends and I have to say that version has been made, tasted, changed, improved, tasted again, and now it has become my absolute favorite salad and first pick for almost any occasion. It just seems to have it all. And you can make it with all sorts of beans, from black to chickpeas, and it still rocks. The same goes for most of the other ingredients. If you haven’t got spinach, then use arugula, no hazelnuts, use walnuts, and no goat’s cheese, use another kind of cheese, and I promise you it will still be great!<\/p>\n

Even though the salad has been filling me with nutrient-packed calories throughout the last couple of cold winter months, I still declare this an exceptionally good salad to celebrate the coming of spring with. The spinach, apples, and parsley make it fresh and ‘springy’, but still, the Hokkaido and beans provide you with the filling and comforting flavors and textures you need to feel full and satisfied.<\/p>\n

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