Summer Vegetable Salad
THIS SALAD is not only delicious, it helped our family weather the Depression. I still remember lining up with Papa to receive dried beans and a 10-pound sack of yellow cornmeal. We used the cornmeal to make polenta.
Mother made this salad with vegetables from the garden, and it really tasted good with the polenta.
-Rudy Mancini, Calistoga, California4-6 ServingsPrep: 15 min. + chilling
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon sugar, optional
- 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 small cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 small green pepper, julienned
- 1 small red onion, sliced into rings
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
Directions
- In a large bowl, combine the vinegar, oil, garlic, salt, pepper and
- sugar if desired. Add remaining ingredients and toss gently. Cover
- and chill for at least 1 hour. Yield: 4-6 servings.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 131 calories, 12 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 200 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.