Beauty in a Bowl

Today's garden produce found its shape in a lovely gazpacho inspired salad. I was about to make gazpacho but decided that a blended soup is not always as visually appealing. Therefore, I kept the veggies in their chopped form and simply kept it as a salad. All of the veggies featured in my dish today were straight from my garden. I'm so thankful for freshness, nutrition, color, beauty, and tastiness found in my home-grown veggies.

• 2 large heirloom tomatoes
• 1 large red sweet bell pepper
• 1 large cucumber, peeled
• 1 extra small yellow onion
• handful of purple basil
• sprinkle of sea salt and black pepper
• generous spoonful of sheep's milk feta cheese
• several nice splashes of balsamic vinegar
• several nice splashes of olive oil

Isn't it beautiful?

I also added some garbanzo beans for a little added protein.

Red

Eat right with the color RED!

Tomatoes, red peppers, red apples, beets, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, pomegranate, red & pink grapefruit, rhubarb, cranberries, watermelon

The color pigment in red fruits and vegetables comes from  lycopene and anthocyanins. These are both powerful phytonutrients that help fight many types of cancer and improve heart health, lower blood pressure, reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol and ease the pain of arthritis. The color red seen in these fruits and vegetables also contain essential antioxidants Vitamin A & C. Eating right with the color red has immeasurable health benefits, tastes so sweet and good, and is low in fat and calories!

Red cherries contain melatonin- regulates sleep

Raspberries are fruit with highest antioxidant levels and
among the highest in fiber. 

Post-jog smoothie: Strawberries, blueberries,
plain yogurt, milk,  hemp protein powder