summer is in full swing – make this arugula + peach salad to celebrate

There is an effortlessness about cooking in the summer that’s missing the rest of the year. Ingredients are so fresh, that very little is required to make meals shine. My ideal summertime supper (or lunch) is a simply cooked protein and a beautiful, bright salad.

This arugula and peach salad is the perfect mix of flavors, colors, and textures that will easily make it the star of your summer spread.

The best part of this salad is that besides the lettuces, the ingredients are thinly sliced, so you get a mix of all the flavors with each bite. I recommend a hand slicer and I really like this one as you can adjust the thickness, it’s sturdy, easy to use, and under $20. Besides this salad, it’s great for making all of your ingredients expertly sliced. I use for just about everything, but particularly love it for lemons, onion, radish, fennel, and the like.

If you never get around to making this exact salad, keep the lemon dressing on hand and it’s light, bright, fresh, and goes with just about every salad. I call it my ‘house dressing’ as it’s my salad dressing pick most of the time.

If you just can’t get enough salads this time of year, join me for a ‘Salad Master Class’ July 19 at Whole Foods Market (Kingsbury). Hope to see you there!