It’s been an almost unbearable heat wave in Eastern Ontario. From the high heat to the thick humidity I have not wanted to put on my stove. So, tonight I made a favourite dinner of ours – a summer salad. Super easy, super delicious, super healthy.
Easy Summer Salad
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Course:
Salad
Ingredients
- rotisserie chicken or left over grilled chicken
- baby spinach
- tomatoes
- carrots
- snap peas
- apples
- hearts of palm
- sunflower seeds
- pumpkin seeds
Instructions
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Arrange the spinach on your plate, pull chicken or slice and place on spinach.
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Slice tomatoes, carrots, and apples and place on top of chicken.
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Drain hearts of palm, slice, arrange on salad.
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Sprinkle a handful of sunflower and pumpkin seeds over the top.
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* other possible ingredients - blueberries, strawberries, nuts, other sliced veggies, cheese.
Honey Balsamic Dressing
Author: Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel
Recipe type: Salad
Prep time:
Total time:
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar (I used one infused with fig)
- 2 tbsp grainy dijon mustard
- Juice of one lemon
- 2 tbsp liquid honey
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground pepper
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a mini food processor until well blended.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate up to two days.
You will love that this salad can be made quickly and it’s perfect to serve for a summer lunch and the dressing is delicious any time of year. Grab your freshest ingredients and get set for a delicious salad.
OH HOLY YUMMY is all I can say!
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You can never go wrong with a summer salad! The summer months, I swear my family becomes rabbits with the large quantity of salad we eat. Wish I was a balsamic fan, this just looks delicious!
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Amazing! I love this recipe. Pinning as well so I can make it :)
I love all the ingredients. Thank you!
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Thank you for pinning – hope your family loves it as much as mine.
We eat a salad and/or sandwich every.single.day. Sometimes twice in the summer when we have fresh veggies form the garden. I make a variation on your dressing. Instead of honey, I use a ton of crushed garlic. Only rule is that everyone has to eat it. Love the addition of sunflowers/pumpkin seeds. Inexpensive and the kids can eat them as snacks. Thanks for sharing.
Besos, Sarah
Blogger at Journeys of The Zoo
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I couldn’t have given it a better title. This recipe just screams summer.
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Thank you!
What a great looking salad. Love that dressing recipe. Thanks for sharing.
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Oh yum, that looks amazing! I think a salad is now on the lunch menu!
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This looks so yummy! I love salads, especially in the summer. Pinned it!
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Honey balsamic! What a great idea, especially since honey has some many healthy properties!
thanks,
Mitch
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I lvoe anything with honey in it. I’ve never thought to try it on salad though!
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This sounds delicious Kerrie! Pinned :)
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Oh hubby would love this. He’s insane for salads and this looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing the printable recipe.
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This looks delicious!! The heat definitely makes me want to only eat things like fruit and vegetables. Anything cold. I love salads with spinach and the dressing sounds great too!
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Holy Moly! This is one beautiful salad!
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This salad sounds perfect to me. I like that there are two kinds of seeds in it.
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I love that this salad both sounds and looks delicious! My family is going to devour it next week when I try it. Thanks for sharing. Oh and thanks for linking up at the Journeys of The Zoo bloglovin’ hop, which is where I found you. :)
We love to serve salads in the summer. Thanks for the great recipe.
Wow, this salad sounds really good, thanks for sharing the recipe. Going to try it this week!