Arugula Salad with Tomatoes – Sharon Palmer, The Plant Powered Dietitian

When I bring back a perfect tomato—gorgeous, heavy, juicy, and ripe—from the farmers market, this recipe for Arugula Salad with Tomatoes is one of my favorite easy salads to showcase that perfect tomato. Inspired by the classic Caprese salads in Italy, this vegan salad with arugula and tomatoes pairs my perfect tomato with arugula, olive oil, pine nuts, basil, balsamic vinegar, and EVOO to make this recipe completely plant-based. This is also a great recipe to showcase a bumper crop of tomatoes in your garden. This simple arugula salad is brimming with amazing flavors and textures, and you can make it in just 10 minutes with only 5 ingredients, not including pantry staples! It is one of my favorite vegan salad recipes, too!

This easy salad is also a great showcase for your own garden. In fact, the photo here feature all of the produce I harvested from my vegetable garden in Southern California. Don’t forget to try heirloom tomatoes in this salad too—this recipe features golden tomatoes, however you can use red, purple or even green tomatoes! Even if you don’t have a garden, you can still enjoy farm-fresh produce by frequenting your farmers markets, where foods are harvested mere hours before you buy them and bring them home. You can also find seasonal produce in your supermarket, too. This super-easy salad is the perfect go-to recipe on warm summer days, and it’s great to bring along to parties and picnics. Serve it with sandwiches, veggie-burgers, or casseroles as a wonderful rustic accompaniment at your next meal.

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For other healthy, summer salad recipes, try the following:

Summer Green Bean Tomato Salad
Roasted Corn and Potato Succotash Salad
Cantaloupe Salad with Radishes and Pumpkin Seeds
Grilled Tofu and Corn Salad
Tomato Cucumber Basil Salad

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