Summer is here, and no longer do you need to find comfort in warm winter soups, hefty stews and fresh, warmed-up baguettes. Now the body needs fresh fruits and cold vegetables, and other cold food like cheese and sushi. Most of all, the best part of summer cuisine are fresh salads that not only satiate the appetite, but quench your thirst too.
The following salads are an explosion of color and taste, and are extremely nutritious for the body!
This recipe for Avocado Corn Salad is from NatashasKitchen and is absolutely delicious. It’s the perfect salad to place in the middle of the table when hosting others. It makes a lovely side dish, or even a complete meal.
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Take your chef knife off your convenient magnetic knife bar and begin slicing all the corn off the cob. The corn can be grilled, boiled or barbequed. Once you have done that, cut the avocado into cubes, keeping their shape. Afterwards, cut 30 cherry tomatoes into halves and add it to the salad. Then slice the onions, and cut up cilantro, and add them on top of the salad.
Once you have done this, mix it up and add a dressing that includes crushed, cut up, or minced garlic, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. Again, mix up everything, and serve!
This salad goes especially well with any sort of Mexican dish, as well as fish dishes, chicken and red meat. It’s not necessarily the best choice as a side dish to pasta.
This recipe for Watermelon Feta Salad from Delish, is a delicious and refreshing summer salad that hits all the right spots! It’s perfectly salty, sweet, soft and crunchy at the same time.
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Once again, take your chef knife from your magnetic knife bar off your fridge and cut up all the ingredients. Throw the watermelon into a large glass dish, follow it up with the cucumbers, red onion, and add the crumbled feta last before adding the mint. On top of this, add the red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and garnish with sea salt flakes if you wish.
This salad pairs well with steak, chicken, fish, lasagna, as well as hamburgers.
This recipe for Niçoise Salad from The Modern Proper is a filling meal on its own that’s perfect to serve for lunch or dinner, or you can pair it with a light/small main fish meal like salmon, prawns and calamari.
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Take your chef knife from your magnetic knife holder and cut up all your mixed greens, cut your cherry tomatoes in halves, cut your cucumbers in cubes, throw in the olives, cut up all your baby potatoes in halves, cut up your soft-boiled eggs in halves, add the whole green beans (blanch them first for 2 minutes), add the tinned salmon/tuna/smoked trout and finally add the basil.
For the dressing, mix the Dijon mustard, honey, extra virgin olive oil, salt and chives and pour it over the salad and enjoy!
Sometimes, nothing hits the spot quite like pasta! This Easy Cold Pasta Salad from Culinary Hill is exactly what you need when you feel like a complete meal in a bowl, and a delicious summer salad!
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Take your chef knife from your magnetic knife holder and cut up all your vegetables, making sure to get rid of any seeds. Blanch your broccoli for 2 minutes in boiling water and then take it off the heat. Cook the pasta until al dente. Drain it and then run it under cool water and wipe with a paper towel to remove excess water. Add the broccoli to the pasta and cool it in the fridge for 20 minutes. Once cooled, add all the vegetables and throw parmesan cheese on top. For the dressing, mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl, pour over and mix.
This dish goes well with chicken and fish.
Summer salads are all you need to get you through the heat. They’re vibrant and give you all the energy you need. Get your friends together and make these salads, and end the day with a cool mojito, piña colada or just a cool watermelon and berry smoothie!
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