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Monday, July 18, 2011

Panzanella Salad


Such a late post time for me!  I don’t know how the morning got away from me.  To be honest, I don’t know how Sunday night got away from me.   Keeping with the trend of last week, the weekend flew by. 


Hopefully things will be a bit slower this week before things really get crazy with summer travel plans.  The next few months are going to be very busy.  Up on the calendar this week: another Kansas visit.  I am crossing my fingers that by the end of the week things will cool down a bit. They were forecasting 115 degree temperatures.  Yuck!


In order to cool off my body, and trick my mind that it is not miserably hot and humid out I am sticking with some no cook dishes.

Last night for dinner we had a Panzanella salad.  Have you ever heard of this?  It is a Tuscan bread salad that is great for using up older bread.  It also adds some spice from the typical leaf salads of the summer.


Earlier in the week I had made some croutons from some aging bread in the cabinet.  They were a reliable topping for my daily salad lunches.  However, after a week I was getting sick of those salads.  We needed a vegetable for dinner though so I started thinking what else could I make with the variety of produce in the fridge.  More importantly, what could I make with without turning on the oven?


Panzanella salad
1 cucumber, peeled, sliced and cut into quarters
1 pint of cherry tomatoes cut in halves
1 cup homemade croutons
A handful of fresh basil, chopped
1 Tbsp Garlic Gold olive oil (any olive oil would work)
Salt and pepper to taste

Toss together and enjoy!

6 comments:

  1. I love Panzanella Salad!! My brother introduced this to me a couple years ago, and now I could live on it!

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  2. Yummm... What a perfect no cook dinner for the summer. Your salad looks so refreshing in the pics!

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  3. This looks awesome! Perfect for those summer nights when it's too hot to think, let alone cook!

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  4. Ah-a new addition to my collection of recipes for salad cravings. Healthy and tasty-just like I prefer. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Panzanella Salad is one of my all-time favorites! Yours is beautiful!

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  6. the name Panzanella is new to me but I already love it.
    this salad is perfect for a light summer dinner. thanks for sharing

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