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Tomato & Peach Salad with Green Dressing

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So this is September.

I’m not really sure where the summer went but I am mentally preparing myself for all things apple, pumpkin and cozy.

BUT FIRST-  Let’s have one last hurrah with late summer produce by making this light and flavourful tomato and peach salad with green dressing while we still can. It is loaded with juicy peaches, harvest tomatoes and topped with fresh herbs, a soft cheese of your choice(vegan or otherwise) and drizzled with the most amazing green honey dressing. If only I could eat this ALL YEAR LONG.

Is there anything better than tomatoes and peaches when they are in their prime? The farmer’s market stalls are overflowing with every type of tomato  possible and perfectly ripe peaches just at the very end of their season.   Soon we will be back to winter tomatoes that really, just aren’t the same (at least here in Canada where our season is pretty darn short!).

Are you ready to give it a go?

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Wild Rice and Nectarine Salad

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Dear Summer,  Please don’t leave. Love, Lizzy

If you never leave summer, I can enjoy this juicy, sweet nectarine and wild rice salad ALL OF THE TIME.  Instead, fleeting summer, pretty soon the ground will be frozen solid and the perfectly drippy nectarines along with the sweetest cherry tomatoes you have ever tasted will be gone. Which means I must cram this salad in as often as I can.

So inter-web friends, are you ready to make the best summer salad over and over again until there are no nectarines and tomatoes left?  Lets give it a go!

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Green Honey Salad Dressing

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It’s time to say GOODBYE to bland, gross tasteless salads.

See you later uninspired greens!

Hello tasty, tangy, sweet, packed with herbs dressing. Hello my one true salad love. Hello my sauce that I am now going to pour over EVERYTHING because it’s that good.

With only 7 ingredients, this dressing is jammed full of flavour and goodness. Are you ready to give it a try?

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Strawberry Avocado Salad

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Well it has been a minute since I have been on here to share a recipe.  Last week we were in Hawaii and the internet was just not co-operating so I apologize if you were over here looking for a new post!  I have a few Hawaiian inspired recipes coming as well as my guide to MAUI so be sure to stay on the lookout for those!

And now, as the Ontario strawberries are coming out I have this wonderful salad for you.  Fresh local strawberries with perfectly ripe avocados and freshly picked mint. The FRESHEST combo out there.  Are you ready to give it a go?

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Almond, Miso, Cilantro Dressing

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I am a firm believer that the dressing makes the salad.  You can have great ingredients but if the dressing is only meh… then the salad is only meh. This doesn’t mean the dressing has to be fancy, au contraire, my friend. I’m not into fancy at all and in fact, the less time it takes to make a dressing, the better.  TBH, my usual go-to is olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper because I’m lazy like that.  But really, a dressing like this is totally worth those extra five minutes.  Yup, five minutes and you will have a creamy, dreamy sauce to pour on everything.

I do have a slight obsession with this dressing right now. I am busy putting it on all the things.  Snacky? Dressing and veggies. Dinner? Dressing and tacos. Lunch? Dressing and salad. You get the idea.

With so many of my favourite ingredients in it how can I not be obsessed. Things like creamy almond butter, light and flavourful miso paste, cilantro (team cilantro for always and ever here), lime juice and a few others to bring it all together.  I was originally going to post this with a bowl recipe coming up but thought it needed a post all it’s own.  Are you ready for it?

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Grapefruit Winter Salad with Roasted Fennel and Avocado

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Sometimes in the middle of the holiday season I just want something green. There are cookies everywhere (I mean- I’m not complaining) but by around December 15th my tastebuds feel like they are burned off due to excessive holiday indulgence (I’m looking at you, vino).  So, naturally, my body is begging for more green.

You too? ok good.

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