Summer Vegetable Panzanella

Things happening right now…
a) I’m dreaming of this panzanella. Again. You have no idea. #obsessed
1) Watching the Season Finale of Season 2 of Game of Thrones. Mind. Being. Blown. Jeoffrey is a little twerp. The Hound, well I almost want to hug him. What happened to Arya?!? Let Robb marry the nurse girl!!! And I want to see Briann beat the daylights out of Jaime. Oh and don’t even get me started on the Queen. Lady be some seriously brand of cray cray.
2) A pair of my closest and dearest friends, got married this weekend and I made them a cake, in a kitchenette. More on that to come. It included the Mission Impossible theme playing on repeat. Where was Tom Cruise repelling from the ceiling when I needed him? That’s okay, I had Kim and Bryan come to my rescue.
Exhibit A – Kitchenette.
Exhibit B – The Cake.
2b) I’m also coming down from a wedding cake sugar high. And an Idaho high. I love it there.
3) The groom cried more than the bride. And that made me cry more than at my own wedding. And I cried a lot there, too. I mean, alot. If you don’t subscribe to the “Look at the Groom as the Bride Walks Down the Aisle” notion yet – do it starting now.
4) I got into a staring contest with a Rooster. He’s a sore loser .
5) Ladies – get your man some Express. Ain’t no pair of dress pants will make a man’s bum look better! I’m off to buy more pairs for Ben, cause man – he looks good. Is there a quota on how much you can pinch your husband’s bum before it gets akward in public? Hi hunny!!
6) Struggles the Traveling Fish did make it to and from Idaho wonderfully. But I think he’s ready for his tank on my desk tomorrow morning. Therei s only so much room in a 20 ounce plastic smoothie cup one fish can stand. But he kept me great company while wedding cake baking.
7) OMG Robb married the nurse girl!! Sorry, Game of Thrones things. Seriously, watch it. But only if gore doesn’t bother you. It has it. Lots.
8) Beka made me watch and episode of Doctor Who where statues come to life and try to kill people. I am now suspicious of all statues. Don’t trust them.
Also – This. I mean, she’s like a dang Boho Chic ad.
9) I took like 17 different photos of this skull in Idaho. Why, I don’t know. But I like it. And if you don’t have the Snapseed app for your phone yet – Best $5 app you will EVER buy.
10) I just got a whole salmon overnighted to me. A whole salmon. What am I gonna do with a whole salmon? What are your favorite salmon dishes? I’ve got a few like Salmon Ceviche, and Salmon burgers with Healthy Coleslaw, but this beast seems right for the grilling.
11) For anyone planning an “Unplugged” wedding – or a wedding that you don’t want going out over all the social medias – get the WeddingParty app. All photos from the event get uploaded there and you can share them with other guests. It’s a wedding – it doesn’t have to be Facebooked, and you can enjoy it with just the people at your big day, not them and their 748 other Facebook friends. Best app!! It’s like Instagram for Weddings!
Okay – down to real business here. Panzanella. I can’t get enough. And the variations are endless. Have you seen Stephanie’s today, too? We are on the same wavelength with panzanellas today. Girl knows the way to my heart!
Mine is chock full of summer veggies, like tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash, corn, and of course lots of feta and a light dijon sauce and obscenely large toasted hunks of bread. Because, duh.
Enjoy!! I’m in need of a pillow, STAT.
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Summer Vegetable Panzanella
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
This panzanella is chock full of summer veggies, like tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash, corn. Large toasted hunks of bread, feta, and a light dijon sauce complete this summer salad!
Ingredients
Panzanella:
- 4 Slices, Artisan Bread, cubed
- 15 Red and Yellow Cherry Tomatoes, halved
- 1 small zucchini, peeled and cubed
- 1 small summer Squash, peeled and cubed
- 1 Orange Bell Pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 cup White or Yellow Corn Kernels
- 1 cup Feta, crumbled
- 1/4 cup Basil Leaves, minced
Dressing:
- 1/3 cup Garlic Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1/4 tsp Ground Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients. Set aside or in fridge until last step.
- Slice bread into chunks, toss with olive oil. Place under broiler and toast until golden brown on all sides. Flip chunks of bread often to toast. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
- In large bowl, combine all remaining vegetable ingredients, except feta and basil. Gently fold together to combine all veggies evenly.
- Add in feta, basil, cooled bread chunks and dressing – gently folding all together to combine into the salad.
- Eat immediately or place in fridge to chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Notes
Megan Keno – Country Cleaver
Megan! That cake is gorgeous11 I cannot believe you know how to make a cake like that. Serious skill, girl!!
This salad? Awesome!! I just made a panzanella salad two days ago and am in love! Your looks so pretty and sounds so so so good!
OK so one, YES to Game of Thrones! We are powering through Season 3 right now and I feel like I’m about to start jumping on the couch all Tom Cruise-style every episode because I want certain people dead or married or rescued or whatever… it’s getting a little ridic. 🙂
And two, YES to your summer panzanella! Something about bread in salad just makes my heart go pitter-patter. Love it (and thanks so much for the shout-out! :))
First off, I’m totally jealous of your cake-baking skills. Second, that panzanella- yummy! Bread… In salad… Someone was a genius.
Someone was a genius for sure!! Bread needs to be apart of all salads. But that’s the carboholic in me talking haha
I want to dive into a bowl of this!!!
I saw that cake on your instagram! Very impressive. Beautiful job, lady 🙂
LOVE this post! And love this panzanella. You made me smile/laugh/hungry/want to go back to watching GOT … all at the same time.
That cake is BOSS
THANK YOU!! It was a race against time to keep it from melting! But they loved it, so that made me happy 🙂
Amazing job on the cake!! And this panzanella sounds incredible – could live off this stuff!
Thanks so much Marie! I live on panzanella during the summer months!
Lovely salad! Also, GoT is the best. You need to catch up…the end of the last season BLEWMYMIND!!
I know, I can’t wait to see the season finale for the 3rd season!! My coworker is buying the season as soon as it comes out. Can’t wait to see it!
OMG! Megan, The Big Lug and I are totally obsessed with Game of Thrones. With the last two eps, our facial expressions to each other were like: O.O Shockers. Hey, beautiful wedding cake! Glad my cream cheese buttercream (with plenty of buttah) worked–that is, if you did indeed use it. Can’t believe you made that cake in that tiny closet of a kitchen! Thanks for sharing. BRAVO, girl! xo P.S. Oh! Lovely Summer Veggie Panzanella recipe!
Stacy thanks so much for all your help with the frostings!! You and the girls all saved the day!!
Good lord, that CAKE! Amazing photos, Megan. I love panzanella this time of year and yours is gorgeous! Great colors.
Beautiful cake! Sounds like you’re about done with Season two of GoT. Do you have access to Season three? It’s a doozy!
The cake is gorgeous, nicely done, my friend! And this panzanella – so amazingly perfect for summer!
Thanks girlfriend!! The happy couple loved the cake and I was so pleased to be apart of it. And I’m totally craving more of this panzanella – Ben ate it all!!
That cake! Totally stunning, you are such a rock star!
Love this! And we just finished Game of Thrones season 2 also. Gahhh it is so good. I hear big things happen in season 3. Can’t wait to watch it. Seriously not a fan of not having HBO.
So perfect for summer and holy moly what a gorgeous cake! Good job girl!
omg this looks ridiculously good and perfect for summer – your weekend sounded so insanely busy. i would be asleep for days!! haha
What a great post!
And this recipe looks and sounds like the perfect addition to any
Summer Meal!
Thanks Lark – I can’t get enough of this. I just finished it, better make another one!
That cake is absolutely stunning! You have some serious talent girl!! Wow!
We used Wedpics for our wedding a few weekends ago! It was genius! Such a smart idea! I loved seeing what everyone else saw!!
My sister just made this same sort of salad for a cousins potluck…mmm So good!
Ok so what to do with salmon, cut it into chunks and boil it in 7-UP then dip in butter….serious business right there!
And could you clarify…did you bake and decorate that wedding cake in that minuscule kitchenette??? Wha-dah heck that’s like a miracle!
xoxox Sheila
You have totally gotten me obsessed with panzanella! In fact, I’m making it for lunch today. And what are these Express pants you are talking about??? I need a link to these pants so I can make Dusty’s bum look gorgeous! LOL. Gorgeous cake Megan….you are so talented!
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