Garbage Salad
One of my readers on Facebook called this “Garbage Salad” the other day and the name made me laugh. So here it is.
At the end of the week I find myself with odds and ends of different fruits and veggies from my CSA. Some good uses would be soup or a vegetable ragu, but if you live on the east coast, you’re well aware that it’s too dang hot outside to make soup or hot pasta. So I chopped up everything I could find in the fridge, raided my pantry, and mixed up a quick honey balsamic vinaigrette. As soon as I made the salad, I had to run outside and snap a picture because it was so pretty. And then proceeded to inhale the bejeebers outta this thing.
There’s no recipe here…just a bit of inspiration. Here’s what I put in it (if I can remember everything):
- Salad greens
- Raspberries
- Diced Yellow Squash
- Diced Zucchini
- Diced Cucumber
- Sliced Almonds
- Diced Cheese
- Cooked and Diced Turkey Bacon
- Sunflower Seeds
- Balsamic Vinaigrette (I mixed balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, salt & pepper)
This is by no means an all-inclusive list. Add whatever else you have in the fridge, or take out what you don’t like. Enjoy!
Now that’s my kind of salad. And it’s so pretty!
Such a beautiful salad, it has been misnamed!
I make a Garbage Salad (or Garbage Stir-Fry) at the end of my CSA week as well. I love this!
Thanks so much for sharing with the Fresh Foods Blog Hop!
it sure does look yummy!!!
Salads like this are a great way to use up leftovers…and they’re so yummy!
Yummy, and hardly garbage! Well at least I’ve never known garbage to look that tasty
I’m hosting a weekly link up over summer specifically for salads of all types, every Sunday! I would love you to come and post this recipe. Just stop by my blog on Sunday – the link will be up!
http://www.easynaturalfood.com
I hope to see you there:)
Debbie
With a name like that I just had to click – it looks YUM!
Now I have a name for my salads that I just use what I have left over. Garbage Salad, love it! Thanks for sharing at Freedom Fridays, we enjoyed the bejeebers outta of it:)
Hi Amy,
What an awesome Salad. I just love the summertime salads with all the fresh goodness of the gardens and farms. Hope you are having a great holiday week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
i love inhaling bejeebers!
in fact, today is the first summer day we’ve had all year – stupid West coast Canadian weather. pinning for dinner later.
thank you for sharing with Fresh Foods Wednesday – hope to see you back next week!
p.s. if you don’t mind linking back to us in your post, that would be wonderful darling…xo!
Hi, coming over from Fingerprints on the Fridge! What a good idea!! Am posting this to my FB page!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mom-of-A-and-a/407224075996086
I make fridge soup on the same basis!
I found this through Thriving on Thursdays. I have linked in a corned beef hash cakes recipe using corned beef leftovers. I selected the right picture but the linky thing went crazy, so you will have to click through to see the picture. Have a great week.
It is beautiful! Sounds tasty too, you really can throw everything in except the kitchen sink. Found you interesting title at Inspire Me Friday party.
I would eat salad daily if only someone would cut up all the veggies and prepare it for me! Yours looks delish!
“Inhale the bejeebers” best line about food ever! Great name and beautiful salad. Can’t wait to make it. Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library!
Balsamic Vinegar seems to magically make any combination of fruits and vegetables taste yummy! Your salad looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing it!
I make “garbage” dishes also. I seem to always have leftovers and they are not going to waste so they to into my “garbage” dish.
Yours is lovely and garbage just doesn’t feel right for something so pretty. Thanks for linking this up with My Meatless Mondays.
Yum! I love just throwing salad together. Your blog looks different. Did you change it? Or maybe it’s just different on my iPad. Thanks for sharing at Must Try Monday.
Yes, I switched to WordPress and did a redesign in the process.
Amy,
This looks like a yummy salad to me! I love balsamic dressing and can’t wait to try this one. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday last week. I can’t wait to see what you link up next. Have a great week.
Michelle
I like the changes you’ve made over here! It’s so crisp!! The salad is definitely not garbage, but that is funny!! Thanks for linking to Foodie Friday! Please don’t forget to like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/NotYourOrdinaryAgent
Thanks Becky! Glad you like the new look.
The salad looks good! I like the idea of using the fruits and vegetables you have leftover to make a salad. Thanks for sharing at Showcase Your Talent Thursday!
This is how I cook. Salads are a mainstay for us and we by the end of the week we are calling them garbage salads too.
Whatever is left that sounds like it would be good together is what we end up with and those turn out to be some of the best combinations. A lot of times the only protein left might be a can of black beans. Love that for variety too. Thanks for sharing yours on BeColorful.
That looks great! Thanks for sharing at Pin It and Win It!
what a great name for something SO yummy!
) This recipe will be featured at this weeks Tasty Tuesday party, up tonight! http://www.nap-timecreations.com/
Looks quite yummy! Love a good loaded salad in this heat! Oh, my we are starting a new heat wave today… yeah!
The subject of this week’s Food on Friday is Salad. It would be great if you linked this in. This is the link .
thanks for linking in Food on Friday. Have a great week.