Homegrown Luscious Summer Salad

This is one news I have been dying to share with you all – My beautiful veggie patch garden – Yes indeed, my very own “organic” romaine lettuce, tomatoes, squashes, beets, carrots, cabbage, chilies and zucchinis – This is another pleasure without measure, to pick veggies from your garden and make dishes with them- Supreme satisfaction – I started my homegrown recipes with a salad that was fresh, crisp and intensely delicious.

Here is my recipe for a quick summer salad and a simple yet very tasty dressing

Ingredients
Romaine lettuce (washed and chopped)

1 can of garbanzo beans

Dried Apricots (cut in 4) (this is your deal breaker(:

Pine nuts/walnuts/almond slivers

Fresh grated parmesan

(sunflower/shelled pumpkin seeds optional)

For the dressing

2 tbsp agave nectar/ 1 tbsp of maple syrup

2 tbsp balsamic vinaigrette (or)

2 tsp of lemon juice

1 tsp salad seasoning mix (or to make your you add ½ tsp of sesame seeds, crushed red peppers/paprika/dry oregano flakes, garlic flakes etc)

1tsp Dijon mustard

Two twists with a pepper mill

Whip until mustard has blended in with the rest of the ingredients

IMPORTANT

Keep all the ingredients and the dressing ready and make only when you are ready to eat

And if you plan to make it a little in advance, prepare and refrigerate until you plan to serve.

Here are some pictures of my veggie patch

Lettuce Patch

Washed and Ready :)

Tomatoes on the Vine

Squash

flowers on the the yellow squash

garlic chives

Carrots

Beets

Chilies

Sending this to Tastebuds Fresh From Your Garden Event

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