Strawberry Salsa. Vegan. Gluten Free.

Strawberry salsa is vegan, gluten free and screams of summer!  I could eat salsa day and night.  I eat it right out of the bowl, with taco chips or on my favorite spoon – displayed here.  Ha!  We had our last regular season swim meet last night during a lovely thunderstorm and that ended (due to the weather) just before 9 so we missed Taco Tuesday.  I make it a point to indulge my girl’s request for tacos each week.  I know they will eat everything on their plate and that makes this Italian mama a happy girl.

This salsa is super easy to whip up and you can easily control the spice level.  It’s colorful and eye-catching.  Filled with vitamins and healthy carbs – providing lots of energy for the pool or the beach!  Totally easy make-ahead recipe too!

Ingredients:

3 cups strawberries, organic and hulled/chopped
1/2 cucumber, diced
1/2 jalapeño, diced seeds left in or remove – your choice
1 handful of fresh cilantro leaves, washed and roughly chopped
3 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons of a better quality of balsamic vinegar

Directions:

Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl.  Cover and refrigerate to let the flavors mingle for about 1 hour.  Serve with pita chips, fish tacos, Taco Tuesday, to top over chicken or pork – or eat it straight out of the bowl like me!

There is something to be said for simplicity.

Now onto running… this week so far I’ve run everyday.  Monday I ran 8.5 miles.  Tuesday I ran 5.15 miles at 8:00 and today I managed to whip out a 7.09 miler at 8:12 minute mile.  For the week I stand firmly at 21.03 miles and only need 4 to finish out my goal for the week.  I’m guessing I’ll go over a bit and run Friday too.  Total for the month is 73.59 miles.  Because it’s a 5 week month… I’m shooting for 125 or more miles.  My knees have been doing much better with the running frequency due to training on the treadmill.  I’m happy about that.

I also have been weight lifting as usual and walking about 8-10 miles per day.  Lots of movement going on here.  I’m looking forward to August and the sports ending and some vacationing.

That’s it for now.  I hope you keep your body moving and the food that fuels you super fresh and healthy.

~oxo

 

— Knead to Cook