Above: Shredded Brussels Sprout Salad (my fave!) by Love & Lemons
It’s mid-July, the weather is heating up, and all we want for dinner is salad. It’s just too darned hot for anything else. We’ve been making all of our summer favorites, but I thought it would be fun to try something new. So I thought today, we’d look at a few interesting twists on classic salads that I can’t wait to try. They run the gamut from healthy to un, but they all look fantastic to me!
Epilogue: thus far, we have made the salmon nicoise and the roasted asparagus and goat cheese. They were both magnificent!
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July 18, 2020 at 7:03 am
These are definitely more than the usual “rabbit food”. They all look delicious.
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July 18, 2020 at 11:10 am
I can’t wait to get started. I plan on trying them all!
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July 18, 2020 at 7:13 am
Yummy! Salad is one of the best things about summer.
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July 18, 2020 at 11:10 am
Absolutely!
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July 18, 2020 at 7:36 am
Mmmmm – another great post but now I am
Hungry for salad
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July 18, 2020 at 11:11 am
Thank you! I’m having trouble deciding which one to make first…
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July 19, 2020 at 6:27 pm
I know
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July 19, 2020 at 10:37 pm
We had the Salmon Niçoise Salad tonight, and it was fantastic! Next time I would halve the shallots, but otherwise, perfection.
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July 20, 2020 at 8:01 am
Mmmm -sounds yum – and now that you mention it – I realize I have not had shallots in a while – oh and yesterday we had a unique version of a watermelon chicken salad –
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July 20, 2020 at 7:39 pm
That sounds amazing! Would love the recipe is you want to share (I will only be eating salads until further notice: the weather said it felt like 99 degrees today, and I didn’t disagree.)
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July 21, 2020 at 1:15 am
oh I know – hot here too
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and my husband usually makes one large salad a day
Funny story was he got the idea from Mark’s Daily Apple and for the longest time I thought it was called a “Big “S” Salad” – but it was big ass salad – hahaha
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so his daly salads vary according to what is available – sometimes we grow a few veggies –
but the salad base can be anything from arugula to spinach to spring mixes
then he makes a great balsamic and vinegarette dressing – we keep a variety of nuts around and so anything from pumpkin seeds, walnuts, and toasted almonds Then we love chicken thighs and usually have those pre-cooked – add some pieces of chick, avocado often, berries (right now we are getting some wild – there is a field two miles from here – that is work but also fun to forage)
or frozen thawed berries – and then recently – cubes of watermelon – mmm
so it has texture, church, tart, smooth, crunchy, acidic, etc.
I will try and remember to come back and share a photo of one of his salads…
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goodness – I sure did ramble – I guess salad can be so exciting – esp with the heat
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July 21, 2020 at 12:50 pm
We have almond those things! Sounds awesome. I know what’s for dinner….
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July 21, 2020 at 3:21 pm
🙂
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July 18, 2020 at 7:43 am
I love eating salads in the summer and I love to throw fruit into the mix. I have actually been craving a fig caprese salad and have my fingers crossed I will be able to snag some figs this year.
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July 18, 2020 at 11:12 am
That one sounds the most irresistible to me! We had some figs, but we kept forgetting them, so into the compost they went. I hate to waste food, especially figs!
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July 18, 2020 at 1:15 pm
I absolutely adore figs so they never last very long when I get my hands on them. I actually once ate the punnet of them in the parking lot of the supermarket.
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July 18, 2020 at 1:21 pm
Lol. Totally something I would do!
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July 18, 2020 at 7:53 am
Yes! Perfect for this heat we are having to endure.
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July 18, 2020 at 11:13 am
I’m right there with you. I can’t even think about hot food right now.
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July 18, 2020 at 8:29 am
I try to have at least one salad every week. I love salads. I will try a few in the today’s post. I do have a new Fig tree in my yard now. Hope to have a crop next year. Hal
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July 18, 2020 at 11:13 am
A fig tree! I’m so jealous!
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July 18, 2020 at 12:02 pm
Home grown figs are just like heaven. I have three trees and thought they were goners after this past winter but…better late than ever..they are coming on now.
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July 18, 2020 at 1:21 pm
How exciting! I wish I had a place for one, but it’s just containers for us. At least our herbs are happy!
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