Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Salads

When many people think of salads the first thing that comes to mind is a tiny little salad they get at a restaurant. You know the ones I'm talking about. Iceberg lettuce, huge rings of red onion, copious amounts of old cheddar cheese, stale croutons and the ever so famous ranch or thousand island dressings. Not something many people crave, even vegetable lovers.

Salads can be so many things, not just a boring old side salad with out of the bottle dressing! They can have fruit in them, gourmet cheeses and breads, roast vegetables, meats, nuts the list literally does go on forever. So I have a suggestion for an incredibly simple salad. No measurements, just a splash of this and a pinch of that. Incredibly simple and you wont be dissapointed.

Recipe:

- Cherry tomatoes (as many as you'd like)
- Mozzarella cheese (the logs you have to cut, not the shredded stuff)
- Dried basil
- Dried oregano
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar

Directions:

This really is simple to make. Slice in half as many cherry tomatoes as you would like in your salad. I'd say roughly 8oz of cherry tomatoes would suffice. In a large bowl add your tomatoes, a pinch of salt and black pepper, about a 2 count of olive oil and a 1 count of balsamic vinegar. Now just give a few shakes of dried basil and oregano (not more than 1/2 tsp of each) and mix well. Tear the mozzarella into small chunks and place on a plate. Cover with the tomato and dressing mixture and enjoy! It literally takes 5 minutes to make and is SO good! If you want to make this recipe go the distance for a party simply toss the tomato salad and cheese over a decent amount of arugula and you have a salad everyone will love. Give it a shot, don't be shy!

Eat well!

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