Recipes for Fresh Tomatoes: Tomatoes With Basil Salad
With a rich, delicious flavor, tomatoes have worked their way into thousands of recipes for fresh tomatoes. The best season to delight your family or friends with yummy salads and quick recipes for fresh tomatoes? Summertime, of course!
In-season and locally-grown tomatoes have double the amount of vitamin C than the tasteless, hothouse-grown ones. Perhaps you’ve already discovered this on the health benefits of tomatoes page. The highest concentration in vitamin C in tomatoes? The greenish, jelly-like stuff surrounding the seeds.
Out of season choose the vine-ripened ones or high-quality canned products. Add them to any vegetable soup, grill them on skewers with other vegetables, or toss a healthy salsa in a snap by mixing them with chopped onions and Chili peppers.
Do you like gazpacho?
To make this famous, refreshing cold soup, purée them together with cucumbers, bell peppers and scallions in a food processor and season with your favorite herbs and spices.
For a boost in energy, generously include tomatoes in any fruit or green salads! And to keep things colorful, use as many colours you can find: yellow, orange, red, and purple, like in this one:
Organic Tomatoes with Basil Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes Ingredients for 4 servings:
2 pounds different types of tomatoes
1 basket of yellow and red sweet tomatoes
1 bunch of mixed red and green basil
½ cup of fresh herbs chopped: tarragon, marjoram & thyme
1/3 cup of cold-pressed, extra virgin olive oil
3-4 tablespoons of organic balsamic vinegar
sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
Slice tomatoes into wedges and place them in a shallow bowl. Drizzle the vinegar and oil, sprinkle the herbs, salt, and pepper and toss gently. Lay green and red basil leaves on top and serve immediately.
There are many recipes for fresh tomatoes and we’ll add more on this page, so you may want to bookmark it!
