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August 31, 2017

Healthy Panzanella

This recipe is a KERF take on a healthy panzanella, which means “bread salad” in Italian! It brings whole wheat bread, kale, squash, green beans, tomatoes and goat cheese together into a colorful, hearty salad. The goat cheese makes it!

How is this a Healthy Panzanella?

I used whole wheat Cville Crunch bread from Great Harvest for optimal nutrition and fiber, but you can use either a healthy whole grain bread or a lighter Italian loaf if you prefer.

More vegetables instead of plain lettuce

Rather than using plain lettuce, I used a medley of vegetables to create a rainbow of color, so this is a great salad to serve in your favorite big platter or bowl. This salad is fairly hearty, but you could always add your favorite protein on top to make it more of a complete meal.

Start by cutting the squash into half inch rounds, then place flat and cut into quarters.

Since I’ve been a bit down on all raw salads, I cooked the green beans and squash to soften them up.

Add the kale to wilt it a bit too!

Toast your pine nuts in a separate dry pan until they are fragrant and begin to brown. Don’t look away or they will burn! 

Meanwhile, toast the bread in a toaster oven and cut into squares. And make the simple dressing in a jar on the side.

Assemble the veggies in a big bowl or platter, toss with dressing, and top with toasted bread cubes, goat cheese, pine nuts and basil.

There you have it – a healthy panzanella!

One thing to note: if you intend to have leftovers, you might want to keep the bread separate and add as you enjoy the salad. It will lose its crunch if it sits in the dressing too long. The rest of the salad should be fine a day later though!

Mama Mia!

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Healthy Panzanella

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

  • Salad
  • 2 cups of bread cubes about 4-6 slices, depending on your bread size
  • 1 green squash
  • 1 yellow squash
  • 2 cups green beans
  • 1 heriloom tomato
  • 2 cups kale torn off the stems
  • 1/2 cup pine nuts
  • ½ cup goat cheese crumbled
  • 1 tbsp basil chopped
  • Dressing
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup white balsamic
  • ½ tsp Dijon mustard
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Instructions

  • Dice yellow and green squash.
  • Remove ends and discard ends of green beans, then cut in half. 
  • Tear kale into bite sized pieces.
  • Add veggies to a skillet with 1 tbsp olive oil and saute until tender.
  • Cut bread into cubes and toast until crispy.
  • Toast pine nuts in a dry pan until fragrant and brown. 
  • Combine cooked veggies with tomatoes in a serving bowl.
  • Combine dressing ingredients in a jar and mix well.
  • Toss veggies with dressing.
  • Add bread cubes, goat cheese, pine nuts and fresh basil on top.

 

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  1. Jen says

    August 31, 2017 at 7:10 am

    This looks sooooo good!! Perfect to use my CSA veggies in!

    Reply
  2. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    August 31, 2017 at 7:15 am

    My favourite salad is the Panzanella! Love the crunchy bread – saving this recipe!

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
    http://charmainenyw.com

    Reply
  3. Carrie this fit chick says

    August 31, 2017 at 8:28 am

    Ive never had this dish before, but I love all the ingredients in it, so I bet Id like it. The pine nuts in there sound great!

    Reply
  4. Amy says

    August 31, 2017 at 8:45 am

    If you quarter then chop your squash prep will be much faster than cutting in circles then quartering. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Kori says

    August 31, 2017 at 8:57 am

    I don’t make this type of salad enough! It would be perfect for a cleaning-out-the-fridge meal for the end of a work week. 🙂 With Matt’s Celiac, it’s not quite as nice as this type of bread, but I will look for something nice to include. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  6. Laura says

    August 31, 2017 at 9:36 am

    This looks DELISH!! I just love these types of salads! I love that you still support your Great Harvest! Are you friends with the current owners? Did you ever share your reasonings for selling the business? Was it just too hard to own together once you were separated or did you sell it for another reason? Sorry if that’s personal, but I love small business owners’ stories. Does Matt still work at his sandwich shop? Anyways, wish we had a Great Harvest closer… their products look so good!!

    Reply
  7. Kelli @ Hungry Hobby says

    August 31, 2017 at 12:48 pm

    Give me all the goat cheese! This is a great way to use up the rest of summer produce!

    Reply
  8. Tracy says

    August 31, 2017 at 2:53 pm

    Did you use all the dressing for the salad? Seems like a lot for one salad? Over a cup of dressing. If not, about how much did you use? Sounds delicious!

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      August 31, 2017 at 4:09 pm

      It does make some extra, but the bread also soaks some up. I would just use what you like and save the rest!

      Reply
  9. Linda @ the Fitty says

    August 31, 2017 at 5:41 pm

    5 stars
    I love bread salad but I can’t have bread AND salad haha.

    Reply
  10. Megan Davis says

    September 12, 2017 at 9:23 am

    5 stars
    Thanks you so much for creating this yummy and creative recipe. We love it!?

    Reply
  11. kathy soury says

    July 12, 2018 at 5:00 pm

    can you give the nutrition breakdown

    Reply

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