Green Goddess Warm Summer Salad

I have been loving buying local lately. It's inexpensive, the produce is fresh, and it tastes better. The only problem is with only two of us, ordering a ton of veggies can be a challenge as they often go bad before we've gotten a chance to eat them all. I got so excited about the local produce when ordering Fresh Direct this month though that I overstocked our fridge so needed a good recipe to make before all my veggies went bad.

Summer is full of delicious crisp salads, but I've been getting a little bored of the lunchtime salad. So, this weekend in an effort to use up some of my produce while it was fresh and make something delicious and a little different, I combined a bunch of ingredients to make this Green Goddess Warm Summer Salad.

Slightly charred butter lettuce, farmers market fresh sauerkraut, roasted radishes, crisped asparagus, pepitas, and soft boiled eggs topped with black lava salt, roasted kale pieces, and apple cider vinegar to finish. It has been ridiculously hot in NYC this week and all I've been eating are cold meals-but in the safety of my air conditioned apartment, this was the perfect meal to change it up a bit. It was INSANELY good-warm, satisfying, with the perfect balance of salty and sweet and a great crunch from the pepitas. Probiotic rich and anti-inflammatory-the combination of the ingredients kept me full and feeling good all day, calming the flare I've been having from the NYC heat.

You could definitely replace the protein with chicken or fish, but I loved the way the soft boiled egg almost acted as a dressing for the whole bowl. You could also grill the lettuce-wish we could but we're not allowed to grill on our roof!

Hope you enjoy the recipe-let me know if you have any warm salads you're loving!