Nothing like fresh green vegetables to boost your health and happiness –this salad is a great choice any time of year!
Arugula. Cucumbers. Olive Oil. Lemon. Salt. What could be easier?! I like to make this super healthy, yet simple salad for festive meals such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur Breakfast or Passover Seder. I also will serve it on a Friday night when we’re having an easy, casual dinner firing up some burgers on the backyard grill.
This recipe was originally published on Elan’s Pantry.
Ingredients
- 5 ounces arugula
- 3 medium cucumbers, quartered horizontally, then cut into cut 1″ pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ⅛ teaspoon celtic sea salt
Preparation
- Combine all ingredients in a large salad bowl
- Serve
I made this salad during one of our first dinners in our new house. My husband ran out to the grocery store to pick up meat and arugula for dinner while I wrangled 12 teenagers and worked on a couple of magazine deadlines. He travels quite a bit and is not home a lot, but when he’s in around he’s the best dad in town.
As we ate our very tasty dinner (he grilled the meat, he’s much better at it than I am), I enjoyed the beautiful tableau before me. The white dishes against the old wooden table with neutral linen napkins was really working for the aesthetic section of my brain. And while I’m no food stylist (I only wish I had the talent of Kelly, Danielle and Stacy) I thought this setting looked lovely, and because of that I made sure to capture the moment after we had finished our meal.
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