Summer Harvest Salad

Published July 11, 2016. Updated August 1, 2019

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Summer Harvest Salad is a delicious blend of sauteed zucchini, squash, and corn. Tossed with sweet tomatoes, tangy feta, bright lemon and fresh herbs. A healthy, tasty side dish!

Salad with sauteed zucchini, squash and corn. Tossed with fresh tomatoes, feta, lemon and herbs.

A Great Way to Use Up Summer Produce!

Is it just me or is anyone else’s fridge/freezer overflowing with fruits and vegetables right now? Every summer I get a little carried away buying ridiculous amounts the fresh fruits and vegetables that are in season.

We are having a fresh fruit smoothie every single morning, then we snack on fruit and I try to pack in the veggies at lunch and dinner. In other words it’s our healthiest time of year.

And I am pretty excited that I officially grew a small garden this year and it actually worked…meaning I actually never forgot to water it!

My favorite part of the garden is probably all the of fresh basil that’s rising high right now and I’m getting excited to make a bunch of pesto to freeze for the winter. Pesto + pasta + chicken makes for one of the easiest most flavorful dinners!

Zucchini and squash salad in a black serving bowl.

It Includes 4 Summer Veggies!

This Summer Harvest Salad has 4 of the classic summer veggies (well 3 and 1 fruit if we want to get technical) – zucchini, squash, corn and tomatoes, and it’s a great way to try something a new with them!

I love the Italian/Mediterranean flare to it! Even though this salad requires some cooking (because does anyone really like raw squash) it’s still easy to prepare and it’s ready in no time.

Plus it’s nice to have a warm salad every now and then because most of salads are cold. And when there’s feta cheese in a salad you already know before making it that it’s going to be good right?

Well now you know what to do with all that summer squash sitting in your fridge waiting to be used up. I still have 9 more, guess I’ll be making this bright, fresh and flavorful salad again!

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Summer Harvest Salad

A delicious blend of sauteed zucchini, squash, and corn. Tossed with sweet tomatoes, tangy feta, bright lemon and fresh herbs.
Servings: 6
Prep15 minutes
Cook6 minutes
Ready in: 21 minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and saute until light golden and fragrant, about 30 seconds. 
  • Add in zucchini, squash and corn and season with salt and pepper to taste. Saute until just tender crisp, about 4 minutes (it will continue to cook slightly once removed from heat so don't overdo it). 
  • Remove from heat and toss in tomatoes and let cool slightly (then strain off juice at the bottom if there is any). 
  • Pour into a medium salad bowl and toss in lemon, parsley, basil and feta. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
Summer Harvest Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 194 Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Cholesterol 16mg5%
Sodium 230mg10%
Potassium 597mg17%
Carbohydrates 18g6%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 1070IU21%
Vitamin C 36.3mg44%
Calcium 121mg12%
Iron 1.2mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.