🌿 I think lemons have been shortchanged. We talk about lemon cars as a bad deal. "When life gives you lemons" means things have gone sour. The thing is . . . I love lemons.
My favorite summer meal this year has been a fruit-filled spinach salad drizzled with a healthy homemade dressing.
For the salad, I usually top spinach leaves with shredded cooked chicken, strawberries, mandarin oranges, feta cheese, and pecans.
The dressing takes about thirty seconds to make and adds a nice zing. Just whisk equal parts fresh-squeezed lemon juice and EVOO. Mix in something savory like garlic or onion spice. Add a tiny bit of honey or agave if you like a sweeter dressing.
This is such a versatile dressing to have on hand, as it can be drizzled over couscous, quinoa, Brussels sprouts, red skinned potatoes, or asparagus.
Many thanks to @handgemalt at Instagram for the lemon drawing tutorial.
🌿 featured supplies
- paper: Moleskine Daily (at Amazon)
- brush pen: Zebra Zensations Brush Pen (at Amazon | at Blick)
- drawing pens: Tombow Mono (at Amazon | at Blick)
- paint: Schmincke Horadam Watercolors (at Blick in Pans | at Blick in Tubes | at Jackson's)
- journal cover: no longer made :(
Happy cooking,
Ann
Ann
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