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6 Of My Favorite Summer Salads

August 23, 2017 by Joy the Baker 7 Comments

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Hello friends!

These are the days when I start to feel a little sluggish in the kitchen. I’m either eating plain pasta with a very ambitious amount of butter and parmesan or I’m making salads that range from simple to somewhat choppy.  

I feel like we’ll be making stews and risotto and pumpkin bread in no time but until then, we’re on the salad train.  We’ve got fruit and nuts, eggs and seeds and lots of citrus.  Here are some of my favorite ways to be lofty and green in the kitchen this time of year: 

•  I have a pattern when it comes to Summer salads, add fruit to greens especially if that fruit is watermelon.  Snap Pea, Watermelon, and Edamame Salad with Sesame Vinaigrette is fresh, juicy, and crisp with a pop of protein from edamame.  If you feel compelled to add feta cheese, well… you’re a friend of mine. That’s for sure. 

•  A lot of times I try to turn my tuna salad into regular salads and this is what that looks like:  Tuna Kale and Egg Salad.  Coarsely chopped capers win the Most Important Ingredient Award. 

•  So, the truth is… not all salads are leafy green salads because some salads are sent down from heaven and made with pasta and meat and cheese but still called salad:  Muffuletta Pasta Salad. Praise hands up! 

•  Onions and peaches.  Parsley and grapes. It works it all works thanks to bulgar wheat and lots of lemon!  Peach and Grape Tabbouleh Salad

•  Leave it to our dearest Jacques Pépin to take eggs from good to beyond great by pan-frying deviled eggs in butter.  And still somehow we’re calling this salad because we place these perfect egg gems on a few fine lettuce leaves:    Pan-Crisped Deviled Egg Salad. 

•  Salty and sweet / crunchy and light. This is a fine salad, feminine and filling and hearty enough to have a good life in the refrigerator.  It’s Strawberry Salad with Cucumber and Feta!

I think you’re lovely.  I hope you’re well and well-hydrated and I’ll be back atcha with brownies very soon!

xxo Joy

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  1. Kate

    September 3, 2017 at 4:10 am

    I’m dreaming of warmer weather so can’t wait to try out these salads when our warm weather in Australia finally arrives!

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  2. tongue_n_chic

    August 23, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    This looks amazing. I have a page with amazing places I eat around the country. @toungue_n_chic

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  3. Becca

    August 23, 2017 at 3:01 pm

    This is perfectly timed, because I am at this moment feeling both lazy and hungry. I imagine that by the time I get home I’ll be in the mood to eat tortilla chips instead of cooking.. but this is a much better idea.

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  4. Ashley

    August 23, 2017 at 10:28 am

    Our favorite from your site is:Tomato and Peach Salad with Buttered Bread and Pistachios. Love it so much and make it all the time in the summer!

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  5. Taste of France

    August 23, 2017 at 7:37 am

    My go-to salad, especially in summer, is quinoa with diced raw vegetables–usually carrots, cucumber, peppers red and green, zucchini, tomatoes, onion and some herbs from the garden. And anything else I might find around (beets, peas….). A nice assortment of flavors and colors. Dressed with olive oil and vinegar.

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  6. Suzanne Bryere

    August 23, 2017 at 4:45 am

    Good morning Joy! I’ve made your Muffuletta Pasta Salad numerous times and it’s always a hit. Praise hands WAY up on that one!!

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  7. Dorothy W. William

    August 23, 2017 at 2:37 am

    Amazing salad recipe! I was searching this type of healthy recipe and this one. Its really cool…

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