Hi there!
Whew, Monday came so quick. The weekend just whizzed by for me! A lot of time over my weekend was spent doing house stuff, including buying a pool vacuum – it took us a few weeks to get the pool in order but now we’re all good! – and looking for patio furniture that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I also spent Sunday evening on the beach with this little maniac cutie….
…and had my first tennis workout in quite awhile! My hubby is making fun of me because I’m so sore today since I hadn’t played in awhile. I always get sore when I do an unusual workout, and my forearm, hand, obliques, and back are certainly achy today!
I’d like to play tennis more often now that we live down the street from some pretty decent courts. I’m in no way a great tennis player, but I find it to be a fun way to break a sweat and get some cardio in! Hopefully I’ll improve with some practice. 🙂
Now onto food….
So I’m sure a lot of you will agree with me when I say that spring and summer just scream salad. It’s when some awesome veggies, like corn and cherry tomatoes, are sweet and delicious, and it’s an easy way to throw a nutritious meal together quickly.
While sometimes I throw everything but the kitchen sink into my salad creations, other times I like to keep my salads simple. This was the case one night last week when I was baking a couple of sweet potatoes and thinking of what salad to make with it. Enter today’s recipe:
I’m a fan of the combination of salty parmesan with earthy wild arugula & ripe cherry tomatoes, drizzled with a simple dressing of olive oil, lemon juice and white balsamic vinegar.
It’s a perfect side dish to eat while hanging out on your patio with a glass of wine in hand, which is exactly what I did.
Arugula Salad with Shaved Parmesan & Cherry Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 4 cups of arugula
- 2 oz parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
- 2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
- 1 TBSP white balsamic vinegar
- 2 TSP lemon juice
- Cracked pepper & sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Place the arugula in a large salad bowl.
- Shave the parmesan cheese into the bowl. (I used a vegetable peeler.)
- Quarter the cherry tomatoes and place into the salad bowl.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. Drizzle over the arugula salad, and add cracked pepper and sea salt to taste.
- Divide into 2 bowls and serve.
Nutrition
Questions: Do you get super sore when you do new forms of exercise? Are you an arugula fan?
I LOVE arugula! I would exclusively eat my salads with it if the boy didn’t prefer spinach! So we compromise and switch on and off 😉
I’m a fan of both for sure! The only greens I don’t like using as a salad base are the bags that have spring greens with huge pieces of cilantro in it. No thanks!
Yes I get so sore when I do new workouts, so I feel your pain!
Luckily the pain subsided after a day! Ha.
Oh I love tennis! It’s so much fun! Now that I’ve had a few lessons I’m getting much better and it makes it even better! I love your pink racquet! 🙂
Fun fact about arugula: In Australia they call it rocket! Can you imagine saying, “I would like to order the rocket salad?” Haha. Makes me giggle everytime.
Thanks! My hubby surprised me with my pink racquet when we first started playing together.
Oooh I like calling it rocket! 😉
Yes, summer is all about the salad! And the wine. 🙂
I’m not good enough at tennis to get sore, haha. I just chase the ball the whole time. It’s awful!
Oh yea, in the summer I’m all about chilled white wine!
Haha that made me laugh…Well half the time I hit the ball way too hard and it goes like over the fence and out of the park!