It’s the season of hot, playful days and warm, starry nights with picnics, parties and parades abounding. It’s also the season of salads. Here are six of the most celebrated from my blog. Each is like the taste of stars spangling, or nature sparkling on your tongue.
STRAWBERRY SPINACH SALAD WITH ORANGE POPPY SEED DRESSING
Greens and strawberries contrast color and complement flavor like jewels from a farmer’s market in this recipe for a gorgeous summer salad from my friend, neighbor, and former journalist Kathy Renner. This is a salad to take to a party – it’s beautiful and everyone loves it!
COOL AS A PERSIAN CUCUMBER SALAD
With potatoes, green beans, quinoa and summer herbs, this is a hearty heat-reducing salad that nourishes and satisfies while it calms and cools.
ARUGULA PISTACHIO PESTO SALAD
This sumptuous salad offers the sweet, astringent and bitter tastes that balance the heat of the season. It’s a feast of nutrients, protein and fiber to nourish and delight.
THAI CABBAGE NOODLE SALAD
With rice noodles and a garlicky-nutty-tamari dressing, this salad is a summer favorite. Making it offers a good reminder for life: “Taste and adjust.”
TURMERIC TOFU SALAD
Tossed with sweet beets and bitter greens, this toasted turmeric tofu salad gives you the six tastes you need for a perfect pitta-reducing, seasonal-balancing, savory symphony of flavors in this ultimate summer salad.
MINTY MEDITERRANEAN SALAD
Sourcing ingredients and flavors from the Mediterranean, with hummus, peas, feta and pine nuts adding protein and healthy fats to the refreshing mesclun greens, this salad is a glorious meal unto itself.
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I hope you are enjoying the season!
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Summer sunrise, Lake Michigan
These all look so fresh and delicious, especially the Persian Cucumber Salad. And the Turmeric Tofu is such a great way to add heartiness to greens. Must share with clients! It doesn’t feel like summer here in SF, but I’m waiting for the Indian summer that people say will arrive in September!