Lemon Poppy Seed Cucumber Salad

My healthy eating philosophy is simple.

1. Eat what makes your body feel good. There is a difference between your body feeling good for the long run and your brain getting a sugar kick for a few minutes.
2. Eat healthy most of the time so that when you do indulge, you can enjoy every minute of it and feel no regret.
3. Indulge when it’s worth it. For me, cake is no worth it. Cookies are not worth it. A slice of pizza from one of the greatest pizza places in the country? Worth it.

If I stick to my philosophy, eating what makes me feel good, which is healthy food most of the time, enjoying my food and never saying that I “can’t” eat something, it’s my recipe for health and happiness now and for life.

What’s that mean on a meal-by-meal basis? It means that I fill my plate (FILL my plate) with fresh produce and goodness, and then add something indulgent to bring it all together (real Vermont cheese, locally made sourdough, a bite of key lime pie from the store down the street).

Summer brings those hot, humid nights when all you want to do is sit on the deck with a cold drink and do as little work as possible. No one wants to be in the kitchen working over a hot stove when the sun is still shining at 7 pm. This Lemon Poppy Seed Cucumber Salad is the PERFECT dish for nights like these. Quick, easy, healthy and light – make it and leave it till your ready to eat.

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Anyone else get obsessed with fresh produce this time of year? I find myself gravitating towards a veg-head eating style. It’s lighter, so I feel lighter. It’s cool and easy and delicious.

What’s your best advice for finding the BEST local produce?