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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Fresh Tomato Salad

This is one of my favorite recipes,
it's a salad that tastes so good.
Sometimes I add cheese or nuts,
what ever you feel like at the time.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon celery or kosher salt
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
10 fresh basil leaves
5 fresh oregano leaves
3 small fresh cucumbers
2 large tomatoes, vine ripened

Mince garlic and let soak in balsamic
and wine vinegars for 10 minutes.
Wash basil and oregano leaves
Roll up leaves and slice into
little strips (chiffonade).
Chop and add to your best olive oil
and allow to stand in oil
while garlic marinates.
Meanwhile, prepare salad ingredients.
Wash cucumbers and tomatoes.
Peel cucumbers as desired.
Slice cucumbers into 1/4" slices.
With a sharp knife, remove stem
and blossom end from tomatoes.
Slice tomatoes into wedges.
Place tomatoes and cucumbers in salad bowl
and sprinkle with celery salt or kosher salt.
Combine olive oil with vinegars,
whisking together well.
Use to dress tomatoes and cucumbers;
serve at room temperature.

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