Fresh and Sweet Summer Salad

I've been on a health kick recently and got sick of eating the same old boring salad so I created a delicious salad that's quick and easy and very colorful too!
The ingredients I used were:
a handful of arugula
1 cup orange and yellow peppers diced
1/4 cup red onion diced
1/4 cup blueberries
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup low fat feta cheese

I combined this all in a bowl and made my own dressing by mixing the following ingredients
Ingredients for the dressing are:
1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 tablespoons of honey
1 tsp minced garlic
pinch of pepper

Use dressing sparingly and you will have some to save for another salad!

Need A Vegetable Dish that Covers all the Bases? Summer Casserole!

I recently became a somewhat of a health nut, and have tested out some recipes with my friends at dinner gatherings. What I've come up with is not only delicious, nutritional and easy, it incorporates many types of veggies so that everyone is pleased.

Total Prep time 10 minutes, total cook time 30 minutes

First you will need to preset your oven to 350 degrees

2. grab cutting board and knife

3. Fish through the fridge from some vegetables, any and all will do. Tonight I made a version of the casserole with:

 1 eggplant

1 zucchini

1/2 white onions

1 Green bell pepper

1 orange pepper

diced asparagus

2 cloves of garlic

3 leaves of basil

2 table spoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

A couple grinds of pepper

A couple splashes of Sea Salt

You can also add tomatoes and mushrooms and zucchini squash, red onions and red pepper, and snap peas work too. Also you can coat with Parmesan cheese, Feta cheese (which is very low in fat) or goat cheese according to preference.  I usually save the cheese for later to allow people to make their own choice or use none at all.

Cut the vegetables up, anyway you'd like and throw them all into a glass oven safe pan.  Cover with Olive Oil, Salt and Pepper.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Sprinkle cheese on top before of after baking, but make sure its still when adding the cheese (if you add any at all, you wont need to the natural flavors really burst).

I usually make more than needed because its a great snack or meal served cold or reheated for the next couple of days.

ENJOY!