Summer Greens and Fruit Salad

i need a digital camera.

The other night, since it was so Bleeping hot, we had a little air conditioned picnic in the bedroom. Part of this consisted of a store-bought veggie lasagna, but also a farmer's market special salad...with a few extras in the way of imported, yet still organic, fruits.

Summer Greens and Fruit Salad

4 cups mixed baby greens

1 banana, sliced

1/2 of a nectarine, sliced

6 large fresh strawberries, halved and sliced

1 large handful of almonds

1 large handful of cashews

1 large handful of dried cranberries

1 meduim handful sunflower seeds or pepitos

5-6 large basil leaves or 7-8 mint leaves, chopped into strips

1/4 c balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp sugar, honey or other sweetener

1 tsp seasoning salt (i used Penzyse's Northwood's Seasoning)

Mix greens, fruits and nuts/seeds together in a large bowl. Blend remaining ingredients together and pour over top of salad. Toss gently to coat, then serve.

I wish we had had some other fruits, maybe blueberries or raspberries, but hopefully later in the summer. The greens were from a local organic farmer, as were the strawberries. the banana and nectarine were from the grocery store. The herbs were from the windowsill, after I spluged and bought some basil, sage, rosemary and lemon thyme plants at the farmer's market a few weeks ago. There just isn't much better than balsamic vinegar over fruit, in my opinion.