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Squash and Okra Salad with Muscadine Vinaigrette
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Prep Time
30 min
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Cook Time
0
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Serves
4
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A gorgeous seasonal salad with a variety of vivid vegetables and a fantastic fruit and honey vinaigrette!
🥕 Featured Local Ingredients
⭐Muscadine grapes from Poor Robin Gardens, Honey from Humble Bumble Bee Farm, Mill Creek Farms, and Poet’s Blend, Peppers from HazelnutPastures, Jacobs Produce, Ole Mcdonnell's Farm, and Poor Robin Gardens, Okra from D&FH Farm and Jacobs Produce, Yellow Squash from Jacobs Produce and Poor Robin Gardens, Tomatoes from Jacobs Produce and Poor Robin Gardens, Greens from HazelnutPastures and Poor Robin Gardens, and Goat cheese from Bootleg Farm!
Ingredients
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For the Vinaigrette:
- 20 Muscadine grapes
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- ½ cup oil For the Salad:
- 3 small peppers (thinly sliced)
- 5 pods of okra (thinly sliced)
- 1 yellow squash (thinly sliced)
- 10 cherry tomatoes Or 1 or 2 larger tomatoes cut into wedges and sliced)
- Lettuce or other greens
- Crumbled or sliced goat cheese for topping
Instructions
Wash and slice the peppers, okra, squash, and tomatoes
Cut the grapes in half, remove the seeds, and squeeze out the grape innards. Put the grape skins and half of the grape innards into a food processor. Set the other half aside.
Add the honey, salt, and vinegar to the food processor and puree until smooth. Slowly add the oil while the machine is running to let the mixture emulsify
Pour most of the vinaigrette over the reserved grape halves and stir until they are well mixed.
Toss the sliced vegetables, greens, and coated grapes together until well combined, then top with goat cheese and the remaining vinaigrette.
✴️ Chef's Tips
If cherry tomatoes aren’t available, larger tomatoes can be cut up instead!
🔀 Variations & Substitutions
Try experimenting with different microgreens and peppers to change the spice and sweetness of the salad!
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