Can you feel it? The excitement? The busy-ness? the joy of summertime? I can already envision the hurried days and abundant energy of the kids all summer. The exhausted eyes that have played so hard all day. The quite-too-pink-from-the-sun cheeks resting under those sleepy eyes. Delish-i-ousness!
I even look forward to what I will hear each morning: ‘Mom, what are we doing today?’ or ‘Mom, where are we going?’ or even ‘Who are we playing with today?’
Well, with that bouncy joy comes a mommy in need of extra energy. While at the gym Tuesday, I flipped through Health magazine and spotted their red-carpet ready salad and was inspired. My salad varies quite a bit from theirs bit I am certain it will put a bounce in my step.
Antioxidant Orchard Salad
1-2 heads of Romaine lettuce, shredded (cut in thin width-wise strips)
1 cup red grapes, sliced length-wise
1 cup blueberries
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 stick of celery, sliced thin
Handful of sliced almonds
1/3 English cucumber, quartered and chopped
fresh herbs, chopped
Directions
Combine all ingredients and top with your favorite vinaigrette. I choose Annie’s fat-free balsamic vinaigrette. Delish-i-ousness!
What are some of your favorite summer activities?
Tammynsc says
Ok…the salad looks D-E-L-I-S-H! However, for us “herbal illiterate” people, what kinds of fresh herbs would you add? I’m thinking of using a Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette that I love but am not sure about which fresh herbs would compliment all of the flavors.
Katja of Skimbaco says
This looks so yummy!!
Elle says
What a lovely salad! I love adding fruit to my salads.
merry jennifer says
That is a gorgeous salad. Love the combination of blueberries and strawberries. It *might* even be a salad I could get my kids to eat. 😉
megan @ whatmegansmaking says
oh this salad looks beautiful! I’m hoping for lots of hiking and bike riding this summer. And long walks by lake michigan 🙂
Jersey Girl Cooks says
Pretty salad! I like the lazier nights of summer where we BBQ outside or at our swim club…..not very many of them with baseball season and other activities.
Aggie says
Wow, now that is a beauty!!
I’m so ready for summer. Kids just started using pool 2 days ago and I am loving sitting in the porch watching them swim (water still too cold for mama). We are pretty much in our bathing suits all summer…either pool or beach. I love to be lazy in the summer, no schedule, no plan. We’ll probably visit the science center on hot days, hit the park some mornings….but the rest of the day is in the water 🙂
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
That looks so fresh and delicious, I’ll be making this a lot!
Jennifer says
Hi Eva and thank you for coming by! Love ‘meeting’ new people and am happy to be able to share a recipe that works for your vegan lifestyle.
Eva @ Four Leaf Clover says
This looks delicious! Thank you so much for sharing! I especially love that it’s vegan… will definitely bookmark this recipe!
Jennifer says
Perfection Brandy!
Krista says
love the pictures on this post. so colorful!
Brandy says
Love this salad! I make this almost every week in the Summer months. I use a spritzer and only apply White Vinegar as a dressing.