Those Summer Nights- Avocado and Blueberry Salad

I love fruits and vegetables. raw. not cooked.  I'm always looking for new, simple recipes that involve very basic combinations of the two.

Today I stumbled upon a recipe for a great summer salad, that's too easy.

Avocado and Blueberry Salad

Ingredients

• 1 ripe, Fresh California Avocado, peeled, seeded, cut in slices
• 2 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed, picked over, well-drained
• 2 medium sized apples peeled, cored, seeded, diced
• 2 cups diced fresh mango chunks
• 1 package mixed baby greens
• 2 Tbsp. chopped chives or green onion
• 2 Tbsp. walnuts, toasted*, chopped coarsely

Avocado and Blueberry Fruit Salad Dressing

• 2 Tbsp. honey
• ¼ cup plain nonfat yogurt
• ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup fresh orange or grapefruit juice
• pinch o salt
• pinch o ground white pepper (I don't know what white pepper is so.. I'm going w. normal person pepper)

Instructions

Salad

1. Place chopped avocado, blueberries, apple, and mango in medium bowl and toss with about 2/3 of the tangy dressing; set aside.
2. Toss salad greens in large bowl with remainder of tangy dressing, and distribute evenly on each of six salad plates. Place an equal portion of dressed fruit/avocado mixture on top of each greens serving. Sprinkle with chopped chives and toasted walnuts to serve.
3. *To toast walnuts, place nut pieces in dry skillet over medium-high heat and stir occasionally for about seven minutes, or until pieces are browned lightly. Remove from heat. Let nuts cool slightly before chopping and using to garnish salad.

Dressing Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, mix honey, yogurt and cinnamon together until smooth and creamy. Whisk in juice; stir in salt and pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning.

**Allison revision**
I would add feta to this. Or goat cheese. I love cheese.

Those Summer Nights- Peach Collins

I love summer. And I love peaches. In the summer. And I love drinking. In the summer.
All of those things are stirred up in a cup and create this lovely beverage-

Recipe via Cupcakes & Cashmere via myrecipes.com

Ingredients.

• 1/4 cup simple syrup*
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 cup chopped ripe peaches, divided
• 1/2 cup peach-flavored vodka
• 1/2 cup club soda
• 2 peach slices

Preparation.
1. Mix simple syrup, lemon juice, 1/4 cup peaches, and about 1/2 cup ice in a cocktail shaker or plastic cup. Using the end of a wooden spoon, muddle mixture until peaches start to break up. Pour in vodka, cover shaker with top (or the cup with plastic wrap), and shake until blended.

2. Divide unstrained mixture between 2 tall glasses. Add half the remaining chopped peaches to each, then fill glasses with ice. Top each glass with 1/4 cup club soda and garnish with a peach slice.

Sea. Food.

(image via Setsual)

Thaw frozen fish in milk. The milk draws out the frozen taste and provides a fresh caught flavor.

Thank you to Setsual.com for that handy tip. 

D&G Time Commercial

Yes, I thought the same exact thing.  What better way to sell watches than portraying a wet picnic orgy in the middle of a magical forest.