Squash Salad With Basil Vinaigrette
It is always fun this time of the year to go out to the garden and come in to the kitchen and create a new recipe. Today I had a few squash, tomatoes and peppers. I always have herbs on hand so we can create some very tasty vinaigrette. When I finally got it into the salad bowl it was just delicious and a salad that we will just love. I took it to a ladies covered dish luncheon and all the ladies loved the salad, so to all you ladies that wanted the recipe it is here today!
Squash Salad With Basil Vinaigrette
From Garden To Table
Basket of Squash
Heirloom and Roma Tomatoes
Green Bell Peppers
Let's Put This Salad Together
Add The Vinaigrette
Refrigerate For 2 Hours Before Serving
Squash Salad With Basil Vinaigrette
Miz Helen's Kitchen
Ingredients
1 medium zucchini, quartered and sliced
1 medium yellow squash, quarted and sliced
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
3 cups cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
Basil Vinaigrette
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped fine
1/2 cup fresh basil, whole for garnish
Fresh salad greens for plate
1 cup Feta Cheese, crumbled
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, place the sliced zucchini, sliced yellow squash, chopped bell pepper, chopped red onion, and sliced in half cherry tomatoes.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt over the vegetable mix and stir.
For the Vinaigrette
In a mixing jar, pour in the olive oil, rice vinegar, balsamic vinegar,minced garlic, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, cayenne pepper, and chopped fresh basil. Place a lid on the jar and shake until the vinaigrette is creamy.
Pour the vinaigrette over the salad in the mixing bowl and mix well. Cover the salad and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.
Remove the salad from the refrigerater and garnish with fresh basil and Feta Cheese.
This salad can keep in the refrigerater in a tight container for 2 days.
Enjoy!
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Thanks so much for stopping by the cottage today, we always look forward to your visits and hope you will come back to see us real soon!
Peace and Joy
Miz Helen
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This sounds delicious but the weather at the minute has changed to soup weather! I will be trying this as soon as the sun comes back! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great salad. Last year I had lots of the ingredients in my garden. This year I didn't make it home in time to plant. - Margy
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely, fresh, garden to table salad, Miz Helen. It looks absolutely delicious and I love that it can be made ahead. Thank you so much for sharing it with the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Take care and have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteLove this recipe! Thanks Helen. I’ve made it several times and it’s like a Bruchetta salad, so good and healthy too bout!
ReplyDeletePrayers for you and your husband. When anybody is sick here I firmly believe in homemade chicken soup. I store any cut off veggies in a freezer bag (esp onion skins, celery,carrot ends) and when I get chicken bones will make a healthy fortified stock by dumping all of it in a pot with a tablespoon or two of vinegar ( it leeches out the minerals and collagen). My stocks are gelatinous and so delish.
Prayers for you both and thanks again for this squash recipe, I even add radishes, trimmed pea pods to it.
What a fabulous garden! I am so jealous I have tons of plants and flowers and never get fruit! No idea why you cultivated perfect crops! Beautiful salad! Enjoy the summer fruits of your labor love them!
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