So I was contemplating what to make for a friend's farewell dinner and instead of the usual baked good, I decided to make some salads. These are delicious, fresh and super simple and oh so good for you.
Recipe from Nutrition Stripped
Cucumber Salad
2 cups English cucumbers, cubed
1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1/4 cup red onion, diced
Combine all of the ingredients into a large bowl.
Citrus Dill Dressing
**note: I found that there was a lot of dressing and you could probably half this recipe
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 lemon, juiced and 1 TBSP of zest
1 orange, juiced and 1 TBSP of zest
1 TBSP dill, fresh (you can use the dry stuff, but use the fresh stuff if possible!)
2 tsp of sea salt
black pepper to taste
Whisk all of the ingredients in a bowl until well mixed.
Toss the salad in the dressing and voila! Refreshing and delicious.
Recipe found here
Watermelon Grapefruit Blackberry Salad
1 lb of watermelon, cubed
3 red/pink grapefruits, peeled and sliced into round (I segmented them)
3 cups blackberries, whole
So I decided to segment them because A. I had the time and B. This was actually one of my exams in butchery class way back in Culinary school.
Squeeze the remaining juice out of the pulp that was left from segmenting/slicing.
Cut up that fresh watermelon!
Throw in them blackberries.
Honey Mint Drizzle
1 cup fresh grapefruit juice (left over)
1/4 cup olive oil
3 TBSP fresh mint, chopped
1 TBSP of honey
1 tsp sea salt
Chiffonade the mint which is done by stacking the leaves together and roll it up length wise and chopping it thinly. Whisk everything together until well combined.
Ta da! Two delicious, refreshing and healthy salads to bring to your next BBQ or gathering of some sort before the summer ends. These were a hit, how could they not be! Mother Nature's candy.
Enjoy!
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