one of my favorite summer salads

Jill Tanis

August 17, 2016

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This is one of my favorite summer salads and this is the perfect time to make it. Why? Because the veg for this salad is fresh and in season. I hope you will wander down to your local farmers market this weekend, pick up cucumber, heirloom tomatoes, red onion, a colored pepper, cilantro, organic corn on the cob and give it a try. It boasts a lot of flavor and if you can find yourself some fresh local garlic...even better. Fresh garlic, to me, makes all the difference.

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Keeping it simple and eating big salads all week in this heat with all the local goodness from the farmers market: cukes, radishes, celery, shredded carrots, onions, greens, tomatoes + 🥑 and the NtF 14-day Reset homemade Italian dressing. Swapping out the proteins - grilled chicken, 100% grass fed steak, Copper River salmon, @cranedancefarm pasture raised lamb burger. It’s going to be a delicious + simple week! What’s on your menu to stay cool in this heat? #nourishtoflourishsociety #farmtotable #organic #eatlocal #supportyourlocalfarmer #summersalads #selfcare #mealprepmadeeasy #nofilterneeded

#tbt 18 years ago when Jill grew her first watermelon patch...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "What happened for me that first summer with my new garden was nothing short of transformational in my relationship with food and my body. Just 3 short years before, I was 87 pounds and facing a life-threatening eating disorder.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And while I was moving along my healing journey, what I realized this first year in my new garden was that no amount of therapy in an office or dietitian recording my intake or weighing me on a scale helped my healing journey with food and body as did my first gardening experience. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Spending more time in my garden, big shifts started taking place. Food was not a burden. Food wasn't the enemy or a stressor or a problem. Food was not confusing. Food lost it's caloric value and was replaced with a different kind of value. Food took on the role of nourishment far beyond what you calculate on the plate. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Food became bigger than something I could measure. The earth, the sun, the seasons and the farmers. The way real food requires harmony with earth, sun, water and farmer to allow seeds to germinate to flourish and be harvested to give its life to nourish ours. Amazing, right? Completely transformed the whole story for me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So in honor of tbt (throw back Thursday), and in celebration of garden season and farmers market season everywhere, I'm sharing the story of how growing my own food and visiting my local market has transformed my relationship with food and body and mind and spirit and I've never looked back. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You can read the entire blog post. Blog linked in profile - https://www.nourishtoflourishsociety.com/blog/2017/7/13/farm-to-table-table-to-soul - Search Farm to Table and Table to Soul and enjoy one of our family favorite recipes: Sausage Skillet - using everything leftover in your fridge at the end of the week."

Who loves Euro meals?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ They're a satisfying and delicious way to nourish yourself this summer without a lot of prep! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fresh on the blog today we sharing some simple 'no-recipe, minimal time, minimal cooking' ideas for the summer. Link in profile.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag a friend who might like some inspo! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #nourishtoflourishsociety #selfcare #integrativenutrition #nourishyourself #calmyourcravings #euromeal #grabngofoods #cookingmadesimple