Tomato Strip Salad
At the height of tomato-growing season, everyone in the family could depend on Mom to make this colorful salad. I can still picture her setting it on the table in a pretty yellow bowl.—Mary Jo Amos, Noel, Missouri1 ServingsPrep: 10 min. + chilling
Ingredients
- 1 tomato, peeled, seeded and cut into strips
- 1/4 cup fresh or frozen peas, parboiled
- 2 tablespoons fresh green chili strips
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh cilantro
- Lettuce leaves
Directions
- In a bowl, toss tomato strips, peas, chili strips, lemon juice and
- cilantro. Cover and chill. Serve on a bed of lettuce. Yield: 1
- serving.
Nutrition Facts: 1 vegetable, 1/2 starch; also, 61 calories, 48 mg sodium, 0 cholesterol, 12 gm carbohydrate, 3 gm protein, 1 gm fat.