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    Home » Recipes » Salad

    Colorful Seasonal Salad

    June 29, 2011 by Kankana Saxena

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    Along with the summer comes my craving for salad. Fresh fruits and fresh vegetables every where and those gorgeous greens .. what more do you need in your platter!

    A trip to the Farmer's Market on a Sunday morning assures me that I have become a 'foodie'. I preferred to let go of my sleep on a Sunday Morning and that was not normal. I had always loved the extra 15 minutes of morning sleep.. alarm.. snooze.. alarm.. snooze.. ok, get up now!

    Last weekend, I was so excited to visit the Farmer's market that i didn't even need an alarm. We wanted to be the first one to reach there. With a huge bag, I was all ready to shop.

    It was not a very big market but it had almost everything we were looking for. He wanted fruits and I wanted vegetables. Munching on to the bites they had to offer in every stall, staring at some vegetables which I had never seen before and wondering what they were.. all in all, our Sunday morning started pretty amazing.

    Those gorgeous beautiful carrots.. just couldn't take my eyes off them!


    And, look at those juicy colorful sweet nectarines and red grapes.. aah so perfect!


    I immediately started thinking of a salad recipe and hoping that Arvind was not reading my mind.. he doesn't like salad. He likes fruits .. lots of it. Given a choice, he can eat fruits for lunch or diner but greens and vegetables doesn't make him happy.

    Hence, I had to improvise.. mix it up 😉

    Some vegetables, some fruits with some salad greens. That was a perfect salad and he would eat that .. wouldn't he? He ate all the fruits neatly leaving most of the vegetables and greens for me.. huh!!

    carrot fruit salad 3

    Colorful Seasonal Salad

    Kankana Saxena
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    Ingredients
     

    • 4 to 5 sweet nectarines (sliced lengthwise)
    • handful of red grapes
    • 4 carrots (peeled and cut lengthwise into quarters)
    • handful of mixed salad greens (spinach, arugula, lettuce, endive or whatever comes handy)
    • olive oil
    • salt
    • pepper
    • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
    • juice of ½ lemon
    • zest of one lemon
    • 2 tbs chopped parsley
    • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
    • salt
    • pepper

    Instructions
     

    • Toss the carrots with some olive oil, salt and pepper and bake it at 400 F for about 20 minutes. Make sure that you don't crowd the baking pan and keep them in a single layer.
    • Layer the sliced nectarine in another baking pan, sprinkle some salt on top and drizzle with some olive oil. Bake it at 400F for about 10 minutes.
    • For the dressing, combine everything in a glass bowl and let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes to let the flavor meld.
    • Arrange the greens, roasted vegetables and the grapes in a serving bowl.
    • Whisk the dressing properly and pour it on the salad just before serving.
    • Serve it warm at room temperature.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Servings

    Sharing this salad with Friday Potluck , Any One Can Cook, Salad Spread

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    Comments

    1. Rosa

      September 01, 2011 at 6:33 am

      So colorful and appetizing! A wonderful creation.

      Cheers,

      Rosa

    2. Edgard

      July 08, 2011 at 12:04 am

      First time on this blog.. This seasonal salad looks very rich in flavors, and I love the fruity mix in it.. and looks very healthy!! I should try it one day good stuff.

    3. Nicky V.

      July 06, 2011 at 2:38 pm

      I agree, salads in the summer are beyond refreshing but I don't have a taste for nectarines since I became pregnant, what can I substitute them for? (Please, please, please don't say peaches either.)

      • Kankana Saxena

        July 06, 2011 at 2:47 pm

        You could try apples .. green or red 🙂

    4. ShopCookMake

      July 04, 2011 at 4:58 pm

      Salads are always so refreshing during summer. The heat is unbearable!

    5. Miriam

      July 04, 2011 at 7:12 am

      My first visit here.....you have such a beautiful blog...love the clicks here...its so colorful n' appealing...:)

    6. Umm Mymoonah

      July 03, 2011 at 8:52 pm

      Congratulation! Your recipe got featured in this week Any One Can Cook. I couldn't display your recipe image in my blog, if you like to, please send it to me at [email protected]

    7. Umm Mymoonah

      July 03, 2011 at 8:13 pm

      Wow! I love everything about this salad, the picture, the colours, the flavours. Truly amazing. Thank you for linking this gorgeous bowl of salad with Any One Can Cook 🙂

    8. Nash at Plateful

      July 03, 2011 at 12:41 pm

      Totally loved your second and third pictures - such beauties!! I love fresh salad inspirations, especially when they are so colorful and so delicious a treat as this one. Btw, loved the composition of the second shot and those colorful serving platters too. Great job!

    9. cakewhiz

      July 02, 2011 at 11:37 pm

      my husband hates salads too. he refuses to eat it in any form...lol.
      i think your salad looks great... great combination of fruits and greens. oh and that picture of the carrot bunch is awesome!

    10. Shumaila

      July 02, 2011 at 11:19 pm

      Hey Kankana,

      I gave you a shout out in my own blog and wanted to let you know. Hope that is okay.

      You can check the post here:
      http://wp.me/p10soU-Mr

      Happy Blogging,
      Shumaila

    11. the good soup

      July 02, 2011 at 4:30 am

      Ah, your Arvind sounds like my Oliver! 🙂 How will we ever get them to eat their greens?! Gorgeous salad, dear Kankana.

      • Kankana Saxena

        July 02, 2011 at 9:17 am

        Yeah 🙂 except Oliver is a kid and Arvind is a grown up Man should know the value of greens !!

    12. shobha kamath

      July 02, 2011 at 2:44 am

      Delicious colourful salad ! Liked your blog too!
      Thanks for visiting my space and your comments.

    13. lipsy

      July 01, 2011 at 11:27 pm

      Looks super delicious and so healthy!!
      http://fashionquotient.blogspot.com/

    14. torviewtoronto

      July 01, 2011 at 8:20 pm

      beautiful flavours delicious looking salad

    15. sarah

      July 01, 2011 at 3:53 pm

      I wait all week for our Sunday market too! Your pictures are lovely and that salad looks just perfect for an easy summer meal!

    16. Heather @girlichef

      July 01, 2011 at 3:06 pm

      Such an eye-catching salad...so bright and beckoning. Sounds absolutely delicious, too!

    17. briarrose

      July 01, 2011 at 12:28 pm

      So pretty.....that just makes a salad that much tastier to me. 😉

    18. Kitchen Belleicious

      July 01, 2011 at 12:03 pm

      Your blog is just amazing! I love your pics and all the recipes. So glad I came to it! This salad looks exceptional and perfect for the summer. I would love to try it out this weekend with the fam. I love that you used thyme in the dressing- delicious

    19. thepickyeater | a spoonful of yumm

      July 01, 2011 at 10:30 am

      your trip to the farmer's market sounds fun ! yes, those carrots look gorgeous !! the salad looks so vibrant & colorful 😀

    20. Malar Gandhi

      July 01, 2011 at 8:54 am

      Indeed colorful and refreshing...loved ur clicks.

      Please trail back to me at my new junction part II - http://www.kitchen-mantra.blogspot.com, for the latest updates.

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