📋The Best Summer Cherry Tomato Salad Recipe
Cherry tomato salad is simply the best summer salad you’ll ever make! This salad is ideal to be served with anything that comes off the grill! It tastes delicious after it has been marinated for an hour.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 147kcal
Ingredients
- 2 pints fresh cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 red onion thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar good quality
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped fine
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place chopped tomatoes, sliced red onions in a salad mixing bowl.
- Drizzle with olive oil and red wine vinegar.
- Season with crushed peppers and salt to taste.
- Sprinkle fresh chopped basil leaves.
- Gently toss everything together.
- Let the salad sit at room temperature for about an hour before serving.
- Serve the salad with your favorite grilled meat.
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Notes
- You can use a mix of tomatoes, red cherry tomatoes, yellow grape tomatoes.
- For herbs you any or a mix of - fresh basil leaves, fresh mint leaves, fresh oregano.
- Note: dried herbs will not do justice to the salad. Use only fresh herbs.
Nutrition
Calories: 147kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 28mg | Potassium: 556mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1210IU | Vitamin C: 56mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg