Fresh Summer Salad

One of my absolutely favorite things to keep in the fridge is this vegetable and fruit summer salad. It is the perfect healthy snack because I can eat as much or as little as I want without feeling unhealthy. I like to eat it by itself with different dressings or throw it on top of lettuce for a fresh salad. There are many ways to mix up this salad by changing the types of apples, changing cheeses, adding other veggies like asparagus or even adding beans like chickpeas and black beans. There are many ways to jazz this salad up,  but that’s what makes it so great.

Ingredients

1 cup bowtie pasta
edamame

1 cucumber

1 carrot

1 bell pepper

Tomato

Apple

Avocado

Kalamata olives

Lemon juice

Balsamic vinegar

Extra virgin olive oil

Salt/pepper/salad supreme

Recipe

1.       Cook the edamame and the bowtie pasta according to their package instructions, the amount is completely up to you

2.       Slice the cucumber, carrot

3.       Dice the bell pepper, tomato and apple.

4.       Cut up the avocado and slice each olive in half

5.       Combine all the lingredients through the kalamata olives and sprinkle the lemon juice on top. Add salt, pepper, and salad supreme to taste

6.       Serve with balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil

*don’t forget all the variations you can create for this salad if you eat it several days in a row. This is a great salad to keep in the fridge, but be careful because eventually the cucumbers will become soggy.