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Summer Antioxidant Salad

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Sometimes a dish just screams summer, and this summer antioxidant salad is definitely one of those dishes! It is fresh, vibrant, zesty and delicious. Just look at all those colors and tell me you don’t want to dive right in!

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I am just loving this beautiful weather. We have been sitting on the back porch for dinner every night, and it is just so relaxing. My little one actually got annoyed when I set up the dining table inside the other night, and told me ‘but it’s lovely tonight in the neighbourhood’ (thank you Daniel Tiger), so we quickly relocated 🙂

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What was I thinking trying to set up inside? Silly mummy!

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Onto the antioxidant salad. There’s a healthy dose of greens, some fresh fruit to sweeten it up (and make it tempting for the kiddos), a handful of nuts and seeds, plus a really simple dressing, which blends in perfectly with all of the beautiful fresh flavours.

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I served it up with some grilled lamb for the hubby and kids, but it would go so well with anything fresh from the grill (or all by itself). I have some big portobellos I plan on perusing this weekend, and I bet they would go great grilled and sliced on top.

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Summer Antioxidant Salad
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 
Fresh and vibrant, this Summer Antioxidant Salad is the perfect accompaniment to a lazy summer BBQ. Pile all the ingredients onto a chopping board, drizzle on the dressing and enjoy
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Anytime
Servings: 4 serves
Calories: 239 kcal
Author: Whole Food Bellies
Ingredients
  • 3 cups baby spinach leaves
  • 4 radishes sliced thinly
  • 3 spring onions white and light green parts only, cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 orange capsicum thinly sliced
  • 1/2 red capsicum thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cucumber thinly sliced
  • 10 cherry tomatoes quartered
  • 10 strawberries hulled and quartered
  • 1 slices fresh peach skin removed and cut into
  • 2 tbsp each of chopped walnuts pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and hemp seeds
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp walnut oil (if you don't have walnut oil just go without)
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Prepare all the fruits and vegetables. Lay them out on a large chopping board or serving plate
  2. Sprinkle with the nuts and seeds
  3. Mix all dressing ingredients together (EVOO, balsamic vinegar, walnut oil, lemon juice) in a glass jar and drizzle over the salad
  4. Serve and enjoy
Nutrition Facts
Summer Antioxidant Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 239 Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 2.5g16%
Sodium 31mg1%
Carbohydrates 12.2g4%
Fiber 3.4g14%
Sugar 7.8g9%
Protein 3.3g7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. I love our fresh garden produce made into salads all summer. It’s so fun to work with whatever my hubs delivers from the greenhouse and garden. Nothing better for a light summer meal. Your salad just looks amazing. The fresh fruit in there is a wonderful idea for a natural sweetener. So healthy!

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    • Thank you for your lovely words Diane! I hope to one day have a well stocked garden so we can provide all of our own produce throughout summer…we are getting there, but its slow 🙂

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  3. OMG this summer salad makes me think of Unicorns!
    As in rainbows
    Bursting with color!
    Looks delicious, looks healthy — I would like to formally present myself in front of this plate so that I may DEVOUR it.
    Breakfast? Check
    Lunch? Check
    Dinner? Check!
    All summer long? Check — except we live in Melbourne so winter is like a shy little giraffe hiding among the trees.

    AMAZING STUFF DONNA! 5 STARS!

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  4. This salad looks so yummy and beautiful! Summertime means ‘saladtime!! A salad tastes so much better in summer then in winter. Don’t you think? I have a recipe as well. very simple actually: advocade with crab and a little bit of cocktail sauce. You should try it!

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    • Defintely Bieke, I don’t even bother with salads in winter (for the most part). Summer is a completely different story! Your salad sounds delicious – I LOVE fresh crab and we eat like 6 avocados a week in our house – so this would go down a treat! Thanks for sharing

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  6. This salad looks delightful! I love salad in the summer for I hate to cook when it’s so hot already. Your pictures are always so beautiful as well it’s like I can almost take a bite of those veggies right from my desk. I will surely be linking up with you. I am going on a family vacay soon and will have lots to blog about. Thank you for once again sharing your recipe with us at #foodpornthursdays.

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    • Ooh enjoy the vacation, hope you get a chance to relax and unwind (haha, I know you have kids, that doesn’t happen anymore). I feel like we haven’t been away in ages! Oh and thanks for the photo comments – that is my aim, sometimes it works 🙂

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  11. Gorgeous!!! I’m all about the salads right now…especially because our garden is on over-drive and I’m just trying to keep up. This looks absolutely delicious, and I think that I have almost all of the ingredients on hand. Dinner tonight?! Yummed! 🙂

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    • Oh I can’t wait for the day when I have to try and keep up with my veggie garden 🙂 We have that at the moment with stone fruit on our trees – but my veggies…no so much 🙂 Enjoy your dinner!!

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  12. I’m not a huge salad fan, but the salad looks really colorful and good! Believe it or not, I have NEVER tried radishes.. but I hear they are really good. So, I’m still 50/50 on trying them lol.

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    • I get you Lisa – I have never been one to order a salad at a restaurant – unless it comes as a side 🙂 At home though, I can live on salads, as they are usually beefed up to ensure they fill my hungry belly 🙂 You should definitely try radishes – they have a very subtle flavour, and are crispy and refreshing (esp straight from the fridge) so don’t be scared 🙂

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  13. Ahh, summer produce! This salad looks fantastic, and your photos make me want to be home in the States having a BBQ with my family. Been living in the tropics too long– and it makes you not appreciate the warm weather. It’s just not the same!

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  31. That salad looks amazing! I love all of the fresh fruits and veggies available this time of year!

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