Hot Weather Food

What do you eat in the summer heat?  

Fresh fruit and smoothies go down so well in the hot summer days.  

But what about dinner?

I like to make it easy, simple, fast and delicious.  

Salad!

Greens galore - a big bowl full of fresh leafy greens are the base for dinner.

The recipe is the simplest equation:

vegetables + protein + dressing = dinner

Vegetables

The obvious choice are salad greens, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots and peppers.

Try incorporating other vegetables like zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower and red or green cabbage.  Parsley, cilantro and basil can be chopped and added for more intense flavours.

Your salad will look and taste slightly different if you shred vs. chop your vegetables.  By finely shredding instead of chopping the vegetables you will find that more flavour and water is released.

Protein

Look in the fridge for leftover chicken breast from last night's bbq.  

Canned tuna is a fast and tasty protein idea as are chickpeas or hard boiled eggs.  

Dressing

A simple dressing of lemon juice, olive or flax seed oil and sea salt is a great base.

If time and an abundance of ingredients is what you have, then check out the Salad Dressing recipes below.

Eat Well,

Be Well.