I am visual by nature. If I can visualize it, I can usually grasp it. Which is why salad appeals to my food nature with its potentially vivid colors, flavors and textures. Salad can be bold and really make a statement or it can be bland with little color or vitality. Taking pride in preparing a salad that invites your eyes and appetite into the journey is a salad worthy of your palate and time.
Look at the bounty of colors, flavors and textures in this summer “ceviche” salad.
Fresh summer bounty of fruits and vegetables marinated in a classic ceviche of lime juice, olive oil and cilantro.
Summer Vegetable “Ceviche”
Serves 8
Recipe from Food and Wine
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh baby Lima beans or other shelling bean
1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 scallion, thinly sliced
1 jalapeño, seeded and thinly sliced
1 small shallot, thinly sliced
Sea salt
1-1/2 cups fresh corn kernels (from 2 ears)
2 nectarines, cut into thin wedges
1 Hass avocado, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 large orange bell pepper, finely julienned
1 pint heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
Directions:
1. In a small saucepan of salted boiling water, cook the Lima beans until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the beans and rinse under cold water.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the lime zest and juice with the olive oil, scallion, jalapeño and shallot; season the dressing with salt. Gently fold in the Lima beans, corns, nectarines, avocado, orange pepper and tomatoes. Refrigerate the “ceviche” for at least 2 hours. Fold in the cilantro just before serving and serve the “ceviche” chilled.
The salad can refrigerated for up to 8 hours.
Enjoy!
Tomatoes on the Vine 
Oh yummmmm!
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So summery, colourful and delicious!
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This is a very pretty salad. I really never thing about combining fruit in my salads. Looks good.
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What a clever idea!! I adore ceviche so I know I'd love this. 🙂
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Beautiful! Like a bowl of veggie candy!
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The addition of avocado and nectarine sound excellent to me!
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That looks lovely! I saw this in the magazine – yours looks great!
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Love this. Several of the ingredients, such as the lima beans and corn, are the same as in succotash, one of my favorite summer dishes. Really like the nectarines and avocado with the cilantro. This is full of a lot of my favorite flavors.Sam
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This is beautiful, Velva. I spent much of the summer eating salads, and each dish was like a fun art project, creating a new color scheme for each meal.
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What a wonderful combination of colors and flavors!
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You are a genius. I am already going through premature mourning of summer produce.
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Pretty salads always make me extra happy. This is gorgeous!!
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Send me a great big bowl asap! YUM!
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Color plays a major role in a dish. This salad certainly is a winner!
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This just looks absolutely amazing Velva!
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Beautiful! I love all the colors and flavors!!!
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Your salad looks pleasing to the eye and mouth!
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HI Velva, this recipe looks delicious! Love the combination of ingredients! Great post!
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I just did a nectarine \”salad\”. I wish I had thought to call it ceviche. Of course I grilled mine… so never mind. GREG
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That is one spectacular looking salad Velva! Thank you so much for sharing…
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Beautiful – and so summery! 😀
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What a great combo of flavors!!!
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I agree..I'm all about the visual! And this looks AMAZING. Great flavors, great colors, and great textures. Thank you for sharing Velva!
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I am so all over this! We just picked so many pounds of soybeans this weekend so I'm going to try with them.. can't wait! What a beautiful dish!
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it looks stunning and beautiful. I mean what isnt' beautiful about fresh veggies with their vibrant natural color! I love the idea of a veggie ceviche. Never seen it done before and i always love something new!
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This looks beautiful! So perfect for the end of summer 🙂
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Wonderful recipe and perfect for this season. Love the variety of veggies and vibrant colors too!
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I love your summer vegetable ceviche! Looking gorgeous and refreshing. 🙂
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this is so gorgeous, i have a lime tree and always love fidning new recipes to show them off~
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Fresh, colorful, healthy and scrumptious! A great idea.Cheers,Rosa
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