Recipes * Summer salads
What to do with all those veggies you planted? Here are a couple of ideas.
What a Tomato Salad
from Marilu’s Healthy Life Kitchen
Purple * serves 4
2 Italian plum tomatoes, cut in half
2 garden beefsteak tomatoes, sliced
8 small yellow pear tomatoes, sliced or whole
Fresh basil
Fresh marjoram
Fresh black pepper
Have fun arranging the tomatoes. Cut them into slices, wedges, or halves. Arrange basil leaves in between and put a stem of marjoram lying over the top. Season with pepper. Serve plain or with a good herb-infused olive oil.
Photo by Steve Woods
Spicy Cucumber Salad
Purple * serves 2
2 cucumbers
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 Tablespoon white vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
Salt and pepper
Peel cucumbers and cut them lengthwise. Scrape out seeds with small spoon leaving hollow shells. Cut cucumbers cross-wise into 1/4 inch strips. Combine soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, hot sauce, and salt and pepper in a small bowl and mix well. Add cucumber slices and toss to coat each slice. Chill before serving. Makes a great side dish, or good served on a bed of mixed greens.
Photo by Pontus Edenberg
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