This garlic cucumber salad has been on repeat over over because it’s easy, fresh, and full of flavorful and crunchy textures. I LOVE adding cucumbers to salads and showing that salads are just more than leafy greens – it can be whatever vegetables, dressed up with super simple but bold flavors. This salad is packed with fresh vegetables, protein, and healthy fats and provides a nutritious option for a weekday dinner.
Think of this as your favorite everything bagel and lox combination, but with the benefits of some leafy greens added in – best of both worlds, right? It’s balanced in the sense that you have this combination of protein, healthy fats, and leafy greens with all the delicious flavor together in one meal. I love re-purposing leftover sourdough or baguettes and turning them into these little everything bagel croutons!
I hope you haven’t gotten tired of me boasting about all things spring-y around here…the spring produce love is REAL. I’m digging my daily greens (as usual) and the warmer weather definitely help sets the spring time mood – can’t wait for berry season soon!
Post-workout. A 2% mango and jalapeno Siggi’s with coconut chips.
Iced coffee via Kudu’s and a blueberry Bai5.
I also had some raw carrots for a snack with hummus…which I never got a picture of. But I am giving you this picture, which shows a little bit of what I prepared for the week – including the carrots! I guess the theme of the week is orange…oh wait that’s every week. (Go Tigers! And Vitamin A!)
Made a batch of this cucumber. radish, and mango mix for the week – with a squeeze of lime and drizzle of honey.
Which got mixed into this salad – with a bed of arugula + avocado + smoked salmon and a little bit of goat cheese.
Which you can see in action here…work lunch.
An minneola orange. Hauled last week
An everything but the kitchen sink salad – my favorite! A base of kale and arugula + shrimp + sweet potatoes + roasted tricolor carrots + peas + sundried tomatoes + peas all tossed in lemon juice and tahini.
A piece of this kick ass chocolate I got in the mail from the Easter bunny. They sure do know me well – coconut and dark chocolate and all!
Head on over to Jenn’s linkup for more food inspirations – she’s talking all about her CHARLESTON eat’s today – yay!
