Italian Tomato Salad Recipe

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When you're sharing your bumper crop of tomatoes with friends and family, be sure to send along a copy of this extra-easy recipe. The light oil-and-vinegar dressing and subtle seasonings let the wonderful flavors of just-picked tomatoes and crisp cucumbers come through.

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Italian Tomato Salad Recipe

Prep: 10 min. + chilling

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

2 medium tomatoes, sliced
1/2 medium cucumber, sliced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons cider or red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Layer tomatoes, cucumber and onion in a large salad bowl. Combine oil, vinegar, basil, salt and pepper; drizzle over vegetables. Cover and refrigerate; until ready to serve. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1/2 cup) equals 150 calories, 14 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 155 mg sodium, 7 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Italian Tomato Salad in Taste of Home Meals in Minutes Calendar Annual 1997, p7