Delicious Tomato Salad

I love summer fresh tomatoes. Here in New Jersey, our supply of vine ripe tomatoes is coming quickly to an end and aside from making a ton of homemade sauce, I’m also making a ton of fantastic tomato side dishes like this Delicious Tomato Salad.

How do you relish the last days of summer?

I hope you enjoy this wonderful -end- of- summer -tomato- salad as much as we do! I used some Ort Farms tomatoes for this recipe ( if you hurry over to the farm stand, they may still have some).

Healthy, fresh, sweet and delicious! Enjoy!

Delicious Tomato Salad

Ingredients:

• 3 large beefsteak tomatoes, cut into chunks
• 1 medium cucumber, cut into chunks
• ¼ cup fresh basil, leaves roughly chopped
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 3 tbs. cider vinegar
• 1 tsp. white sugar
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. black pepper

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, measure and combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper
2. In a separate bowl, combine the tomatoes, cucumbers and basil.
3. Pour dressing over the tomatos and toss gently to combine.
4. Chill for 2 hours.
5. Gently stir from the bottom to the top, coating all of the ingredients before serving.