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 Warm roasted vegetables on top of mixed greens with feta cheese and balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Salad on mixed greens with feta cheese and homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing

Being a parent is hard. For a lot of reasons….one of which is the sheer number of decisions you have to make every day. From the time your kids wake up to the time they go to bed (and even after), you are a decision making machine! What’s for breakfast? What’s for lunch? Can they wear flip flops to school? Do they need a jacket? Can they bring their Rainbow Loom in case there’s indoor recess? Can today be a parent pick-up day? Can they have a play date since it’s early release? Can they play on the iPad and for how long? How late can they stay up? Can they have a treat? Can you do something special as a family after dinner? And oh – by the way – what’s for dinner?????

Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Salad on mixed greens with feta cheese and homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing

I’m exhausted just thinking about it!! And, if your kids are anything like mine, they push the limits every step of the way. No answer is taken at face value…..it’s met with another question, and sometimes several other questions, until we reach our boiling point and seriously lay down the law.

Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Salad on mixed greens with feta cheese and homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing

This weekend was a prime example. Jorden and I thought it would be fun to let the kids kick off spring break with a sleepover….so we let Ellia and Greta both choose a friend to have over. Fun idea, right??? WRONG! And not because of anything, in particular……except that the number of meltdowns we were faced with (from our own kids) the morning after was outrageous! Which made us question everything! Did they eat too much sugar? Did they stay up too late? Should we have had them sleep in the basement, where it’s darker and the morning light wouldn’t have woken them up? Was a sleepover a bad idea in the first place??

Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Salad on mixed greens with feta cheese and homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing

And….how hard do you come down on them when you feel like you are somehow responsible for their meltdowns? Well, we decided to come down hard. By cancelling the next day’s plans and making it a no-friend, no-neighbor (no FUN) day. And we felt fine about it. In fact, we felt great about it! And I guess that’s what parenting and decision making comes down to…..trying to make decisions you will feel good about in the end. Like this salad! It’s loaded with fresh, delicious vegetables, fresh feta cheese, and a light balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It’s a salad that is not only delicious, but SO good for you! So you can feel good about it the whole way through.

Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Salad on mixed greens with feta cheese and homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing

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Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Salad

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Author Cathy Trochelman

Ingredients

Salad

  • 1 5 oz bag baby spring mix
  • 1 medium yellow squash sliced and halved or quartered
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 bunch asparagus ends removed and cut into 2 inch pieces
  • 1/2 red onion cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • sea salt
  • fresh ground pepper
  • 4 oz. feta cheese
  • balsamic vinaigrette

Balsamic Vinaigrette

  • 1/3 c. olive oil
  • 1/3 c. balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tsp. minced red onion
  • 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • *Adapted from The America’s Test kitchen Family Cookbook: Basic Vinaigrette recipe

Instructions

Salad

  1. Toss yellow squash, red pepper, asparagus, onion (and any other vegetables you'd like to add) in olive oil. Top with sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste.
  2. Spread on roasting pan; roast at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
  3. Divide spring mix between two large plates.
  4. Top each with half of roasted vegetables and 2 oz. feta cheese.
  5. Drizzle with balsamic vinaigrette.

Balsamic Vinaigrette

  1. Combine all ingredients in a small jar and shake well to combine.

 

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By Cathy Trochelman | April 14, 2014

Comments

  1. Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says

    April 14, 2014 at 11:04 am

    Oh my gosh I don’t swoon over salads often but this one is worthy! Roasted things and balsamic? Heck yea.

    Reply
  2. Kelley says

    April 14, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    ugh! You are SO right! Parenting is hard! I question and double question every step of the way. Its a momma brain I guess. Glad yall ended up having a lazy day and making things better. Sometimes you just gotta lay down the law 🙂

    Reply
  3. [email protected] says

    April 14, 2014 at 3:17 pm

    What a colorful salad, Cathy! This is exactly what I need for Spring;-) Pinning!!Have a great week!

    Reply
  4. Emma Deirdre says

    April 14, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    Decisions decisions!!! I know the feeling! But this salad looks so delicious, and one less decision for me today – that’s a dinner idea sorted! Thanks so much for sharing. Such beautiful, colourful pictured!!!

    Reply
  5. Jessica says

    April 14, 2014 at 4:31 pm

    I AM MAKING THIS! Like so many of your other salad recipes, this is right up my ally. And, since I just ate an english muffin with peanut butter for dinner on this busy night, I think IT’S TIME! Thanks for the wonderful recipe AGAIN! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Norma | Allspice and Nutmeg says

    April 14, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    All my favorite things in this salad. So beautiful too.

    Reply
  7. [email protected] says

    April 17, 2014 at 9:59 am

    This salad looks amazing and love all the vegetables that are in this salad! Pinning

    Reply
  8. [email protected]+Julie's+Eats+&+Treats says

    April 17, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    I sooooo wish there was a parenting manual MOST days. Well every day! Love this salad loaded with flavor!

    Reply
  9. Winnie says

    April 21, 2014 at 5:41 pm

    Fantastic salad!!
    I’m a vegetarian and i’d eat this salad every day if I could 🙂

    Reply
  10. Robyn @ simply fresh dinners says

    April 25, 2014 at 8:56 am

    This looks fantastic, Cathy. The colour, flavour and presentation are all just perfect! Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply
  11. Crystelle says

    April 26, 2014 at 11:21 pm

    This looks and sounds like a yum-yum salad!! Pinning ~ Thank much, girl!! 🙂
    “hugs” Crystelle
    Crystelle Boutique

    Reply
  12. [email protected]+Simply+Gloria says

    April 29, 2014 at 11:46 am

    Love this creative salad, Cathy! I totally hear you about the constant decision making we have as parents. I’m having to start thinking about a decision right now with what to make my 2nd grader for lunch today. (He comes home for a ‘healthy’ school lunch and a break.) Wish he’d eat something like this… but I have 2 older boys that would dig into this salad right away! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Desiree @The36thAvenue says

    August 7, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    Yum… Pinning!

    Reply
  14. [email protected]+Love+Bakes+Good+Cakes says

    August 15, 2014 at 10:44 am

    Parenting is the hardest job ever! This salad sounds awesome – and I love that it’s full of yummy, good for you stuff! 🙂

    Reply
  15. Deb @ Cooking on the Front Burner says

    August 17, 2014 at 8:31 am

    OH My, I love this Cathy! Perfect time of year too with getting fresh veggies at the Farmer’s Market!!

    Reply

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