easy summer salad – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen Making Every Day an Occasion... Simply Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-peonies-32x32.jpg easy summer salad – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen 32 32 Fruit, Nut and Goat Cheese Salad http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/mixed_fruit_nut_salad/ http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/mixed_fruit_nut_salad/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:01:48 +0000 http://ingoodtasteblog.net/?p=241 When I was in elementary school, I didn’t worry about my weight or count calories. If I had, I have no doubt that the summers would have been my healthiest season of the year. Of course, I wasn’t making fruit, nut and goat cheese salad in elementary school, so we can all agree that things are different now. Summers once meant playing kickball on balmy evenings and eating ripe peaches, plums and nectarines for dessert, but now, summer means iced coffee, sweating on the subway and doing everything possible not to use my oven when it’s 87 degrees. Under these circumstances (and because I can’t squeeze a grill onto my too-tiny balcony) it’s easy to reach for chips and salsa and call it dinner. True, there are some nights where a hunk of Brie and some whole-grain crackers might seem like a well-balanced meal, but to afford that occasional  indulgence, I like to fill the rest of my summer nights with crisp, healthy salads with produce fresh from the farm stand. Before I share my favorite, simple salad for a busy summer weeknight, there are a few things you should know so you can make your own healthy salad in what […]

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