Basil & Tomato
Basil must be having a great year! Each week, our CSA boxes are graced with an abundance of its savory, green presence. And despite having a family of pesto lovers, I am having trouble keeping up. My kids are begging for “plain ol’ spagetti with tomato sauce,” so I needed a solution…fast!
And so I pulled together a new salad, Tomato Basil Feta Salad, that reduces the basil stores and gets ready for the onslaught of tomatoes about to begin.
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Here is the recipe:
Tomato Basil Feta Salad
4 servings
Salad Ingredients
- 2 large tomatoes, cubed with peel on
- 6-8 (depending on size) scallions, sliced (use red, if available)
- 1/4 lb feta cheese, cubed
- 3 T snipped fresh basil
Dressing Ingredients
- 2 T olive oil
- 1 T white wine vinegar
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/2 t oregano
- 1/4 – 1/2 t black pepper
- 1/4 t salt (optional)
Directions
1) Mix dressing ingredients, beating with fork to emulsify.
2) Mix snipped basil, tomato cubes, feta cubes and sliced scallions.
3) Toss salad with dressing.
Tomato Basil Feta Salad
My middle daughter won’t touch tomatoes, but dug right in. There was a lot of juice left in the empty bowl, so I put it to my lips and finished off the tasty liquid (Moms–don’t let your kids see you do this). I guess we’ll make this one again…
We love basil too, but I went a little overboard this year with my planting. I planted TEN containers of it and it just doesn’t seem to stop growing. This recipe looks like a wonderful way to use it.
Well that makes my day! I will think of you every time I feel buried in basil now!
So summery! This looks delicious!
Thanks. I am so happy to have some cool things to eat now that the heat has hit Wisconsin!
Mmmm, this kind of recipe is proof that cooking is magic. A couple simple ingredients and abracadabra, an amazing dish! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I’m enjoying yours!
I agree that cooking is magic!
You can’t beat a simple summer salad like this! Especially if you can get tomatoes right from the garden. Nice vinaigrette too.
It’s amazing how much the seasons influence cooking once you are into that. Very natural, though–this spring, my kids swore off the apples and carrots that carried them through winter lunches and now it’s plums & pea pods for camp. But by fall, I know they’ll love them again!
My basil is growing like crazy this year and I an looking for recipes; I am saving this one waiting for the tomatoes to ripen.
Rita
I know what you mean–you can never have too many basil recipes!
In anxious anticipation for summer and sunny days, I found myself researching summer recipes this morning. I’m book marking this one to try, because tomato and basil is one of my all time combination of flavors, and this sounds and looks amazing. Thanks for the great recipe!
I hope you enjoy! I am starting to get that summer anticipation too at this point!
This salad looks so refreshing and delicious! I love how simply it comes together but yet each component has such complex flavors.
Thanks for sharing and linking up
Right now I am revisiting all of my tomato recipes–thankfully many!