It’s that time of year! No, not all the fresh summer produce salad recipes, but my quickie recipes for when we are headed to the coast again to go fishing and/or crabbing. Once again, we’ll be on another extended weekend trip so am posting this one early instead of Saturday.
We didn’t catch any halibut last trip, it was super-windy with 6-to-8-foot horrible wind waves and our bait wouldn’t stay on the bottom with all the rocking and rolling. Then I got seasick as hell, WAHHH! Hubby will attempt again this weekend, while I’ll stay behind and fish the calm river for salmon.
I was wanting to make a Panzanella salad out of what produce I had on hand, but last minute hubby couldn’t help with the prep of this and ran out of time to make the bread cubes since I didn’t have any stale bread on hand. So this is what I came up with. Lively, fresh, and delicious!
The cucumber came from a friend’s garden, the tomatoes from our own, and the radishes from the farmer’s market. The rest came from the store (organic as possible).
And this would also make a great side dish for a Labor Day BBQ or picnic! This no-mayo recipe makes it a snap to store and serve.
Quick Cucumber, Tomato, Onion, and Radish Salad
1 English cucumber, sliced and quartered (about 2 cups, can be more or less)
1 cup fresh diced tomatoes
1/2 cup diced sweet onion
1/2 cup diced radishes
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon rice vinegar, or plain white
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
Prep all the ingredients, toss in a bowl and stir to combine. Refrigerate one hour or more. Serve with a slotted spoon. See? Quick and easy. Yumm!
Perfect for a late summer hurry-blurry day, Kathryn! Safe journey, and catch a bunch of fish!
(I’m trying to eat more fish than meat, so I’m looking forward to the recipes!) Mega hugs
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Thanks Teagan, hopefully we come home with a bunch this year!
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Good call on the radish! I make a similar version of this, but will have to try it with radish 🙂 Thanks!
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Very healthy,nice
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Why thank you so much!
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Wow that’s a lot of good nutrition in that bowl! 🙂
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It sure is, thank you!
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Yum-o be safe and have fun!!! xoxoxo ccc
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We plan on it, thanks! xoxoxo
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xoxo ccc
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Love this type of salad this time of year. Eat it so often for a few weeks, then miss it in the winter! Sorry you didn’t catch any halibut 😦 Love that fish!
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Thanks Jodi, so do I! xo
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My husband refers to this as a summer salad…he mother always made it.
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It does have all the tastes of summer in it, doesn’t it Karen? Thanks for stopping by!
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Wonderful. Reminds me of a summer afternoon with all of the family gathered at the East Texas farm.
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That sounds like a great memory, thank you for sharing it!
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Sounds zesty and refreshing, Kathryn. Have a great day fishing and I hope the weather holds. It’s raining up here. I’m going to cry if it’s already the rainy season!
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It was supposed to be sunny the entire time when I looked earlier in the week, but now there is a chance of showers every day except Sunday. I am not ready for summer to end! And thank you Diana! Leaving here shortly.
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I love all four main ingredients but have never put them together. Great idea!
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Thank you Judy, it was quite good!
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My kind of salad Kathryn, who needs the bread! Have fun on your fishing trip and stay in calm waters.
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Thank you Gerlinde! It was beautiful, sunny calm waters the entire time and my husband caught a 40-inch Chinook salmon, woo hoo! 🙂
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I love those kind of colorful fresh salads. Have fun fishing. 😊🐟🎣
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Hubby caught a 40-inch Chinook salmon! Yay! Good eating, there.
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Yaaaay. How exciting. That’s a huge fish. Missed your posts. 😊
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Thank you Gina! Hopefully I’ll have another one up over the weekend sometime. I missed yours too! I’m slowly wending my way through the backlog. 🙂
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😊
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Looks so refreshing
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Thank you, it was!
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Yummy!
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Thank you, it was quite tasty!
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The salad looks wonderful. I like how easy it is to make, and how it uses seasonal produce.
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Thank you Sheryl, we really did enjoy it. 🙂
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You can have that with that huge salmon I saw over on FB.
Love it!
C
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Thanks Conor! We probably will as we stuffed a lotta salmon in the freezer after we ate what we could at the coast. 🙂
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I’m with Stefan on the recipe front. Though, cold smoked comes to mind.
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That might be a good idea. We lost our charcoal smoker in the flooding last year, but I think we have an electric one here at the house if we didn’t donate it when we moved and downsized. Do you cold smoke on the cold side of a grill? I’ll have to google your recipe on that, if you have one.
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Looks delicious! And I bet it travels well!
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Thank you Brad, I am sure it would!
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I love this, fresh and tasty!
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Thank you Lynn, it sure was! xoxo
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yumm
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having this tomorrow, all the ingredients in the fridge….thanks…kat
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Hey you bet Kat! Glad it’s going so good for you!
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We eat a lot of salads….I love cucumbers and lemon….thanks..
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You can sure tell that summer’s harvest is in. This salad you’ve created is a great way to take advantage of the bounty, Kathryn. It’s simple dressing is the way to go, too. My neighbors on both sides of my house have been giving me a couple cucumbers every few days. I think they’re in cahoots and never give me cukes on the same day. As a result, I’ve been eating a cucumber-tomato salad almost nightly. Yours will be on the menu very soon. Just need to get some radishes. Thanks!
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Hey you bet John! I have so many tomatoes and chile peppers to harvest since we’ve been gone for five days, I can see some canned fire-roasted salsa in the real near future, lol. 🙂
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I’m loaded with chiles, too, and have been sneaking a cayenne pepper into each jar of cherry bomb peppers that I’ve preserved. 😀
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Loving the colours and veggies! Nice salad ☻
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Thank you so much Daisy! I’ll go check out your blog. 🙂
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Mmm yumm! 🙂 looks delicious 🙂
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Thank you Linda! I appreciate you stopping by. 🙂
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Sounds delicious! (Even healthier without those bread cubes!) And alas, I am envious of your fishing trips!!
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Thanks Sadie! I am envious of my husband, lol, since I haven’t caught a salmon yet!
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Gorgeous salad! Yum!
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Wow thank you!
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For some reason, I guess during my move I stopped seeing you in my reader. I am trying to catch up.😊
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That same thing has happened to me with other bloggers for no reason! WordPress gremlins. 🙂
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It is very strange, and then I miss the blog and wonder, “what happened?” A few blogs, I keep “following” and then I am unfollowed.
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