Sometimes a basic salad is all you need.

With this heat wave that seems to have hit the Northwest I always find it a challenge to make meal that aren’t too hot but that are also filling.

The reason I love salads so much is you almost always have a good variety of things in your fridge to throw into a salad.  I hit the jackpot for last nights salad since I had gone grocery shopping earlier.

While at the store yesterday I came  across a salad mix that was spinach and arugula, arugula being something I have never tried before.  I know, as a salad lover how have I never tried it before.

Since I had originally planned to make Thai Chicken Curry for dinner last night I had already taken some chicken out of the freezer.  So after a quick bake in the oven I had some great protein for our salad.

By adding mushrooms, red and yellow bell peppers and cilantro I had a great refreshing salad for dinner.  Now the real dilemma was deciding what sort of salad dressing to put on the salad.  I didn’t want anything too heavy so I went with my standard dressing, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

As Sean and i sit down to eat dinner in front of the fan we really enjoy that basic salad that you can rarely go wrong with.

Tags: Chicken, light refreshing, salad

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