Fresh Tomato Salad
I whipped up this fresh salad for myself yesterday at noon. Not normally a tomato eater, I was hungry for a salad but was without greens for it. I was surprised to really enjoy this dish!
Fresh Tomato Salad
serves 1
1/4 c. red onion, diced
1/4 c. red pepper, diced
1 T. olive oil
1 medium tomato, diced
1/2 c. mozzarella cheese, cut into chunks
6 green olives, sliced
Italian dressing
salt
I’ve been buying mozzarella in chunk form at Wal-Mart. This is softer and milder-tasting than shredded mozzarella, more like fresh. It’s not ideal for pizza, but it’s great for salads.
Saute the onion and pepper in olive oil until soft. If you like, you can leave them fresh and skip this step. Personally, I don’t like fresh onion very well - it’s often too hot for my tastes.
Next, toss together the cooked onion and pepper with the tomato, mozzarella, olives, dressing, and a sprinkle of salt. That’s it, folks. After that, it is ready-to-eat.
I ate this with a few crackers to kick-start a weight-loss diet. I think it would be great on Melba Toast. However, this would be really good on bruschetta, too, if you want to go to the extra effort.
September 18th, 2007