This roasted vegetable salad uses in season summer vegetables tossed with feta and basil for a refreshing healthy meal.
Sometimes simple is good.
Ring dips and handstand pushups.
Switching car insurance over the phone in less than 2 minutes.
Having a potential new client come to you instead of having to chase them.
And a roasted summer vegetable salad for lunch.
I could eat this for lunch for the rest of the summer and be blissfully happy.
In season roasted tomatoes are quite possibly the best summer taste on this earth.
Crispy, candy like beets are a close second.
Throw them on a bed of spinach, top it with feta and sliced basil and I’ll physically hurt you if you try to make me share.
Lunch. Simplified.
More delicious summer time dishes to try:
Ciambotta (Italian vegetable stew)
End of Summer Vegetable Bean Skillet
Summer BLTC Sandwich
Toasted Muffin Summer Fruit Panzanella
Simple Summer Roasted Vegetable Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 small zucchini, chopped into 1 inch pieces
- 1 tomato, quartered
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 5 baby carrots, roughly chopped
- 1 beet, quartered
- 6 basil leaves, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for dressing
- 1 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- juice of 1/2 a lemon
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking sheet.
- Toss vegetables with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and vinegar.
- Season generously with salt & pepper.
- Roast for 25 minutes, tossing occasionally.
- Remove from oven and place on top of spinach in a salad bowl.
- Top with feta and basil.
- Drizzle more olive oil and lemon juice for a simple dressing.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gina Matsoukas is an AP syndicated writer. She is the founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.
Simple is SO good sometimes. This is stunningly gorgeous. Love it!
It’s so colorful and pretty. Best of all I love that you added cheese!
Imo, roasted is quite possibly the best way to eat vegetables, what a pretty summer salad!
haha…well I don’t really know what any of that means (although with some concentration its making sense) but I am still scared! I’m pretty sure that if I went to a Cross Fit I would probably just immediately start crying and want to run away. HA!
crap I put that in the wrong place. I hate when I do that! :)
and if you can do ring dips and handstand push ups…you are seriously scary. In a good way of course. I will make my own salad I promise. :-)
If I tell you I did the ring dips with a band and the handstand pushups with 3 ab mats under my head, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t be nearly as scared ;)
where are the copulating carrots?
In my tummy.
Aaaah now I see why you suggested roasting the beets! These do look heavenly…I may just have to go this route!
I want this for lunch!!!
YUM!!! i love roasted vegetables and summertime makes it so easy!
this sounds like only the best thing ever right now…nevermind the fact that i just ate breakfast. i want this now instead :)