Tomato Salad has fresh, ripe, organic Heirloom tomatoes, fresh basil, and marinated in a homemade Balsamic vinaigrette dressing. This seasonal salad truly offers wonderful Summer flavors!

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Tomato Salad

Hi Everyone, this is the perfect seasonal, tomato salad, it has Heirloom tomatoes and super sweet cherry tomatoes, fresh garden basil and it's marinated in a balsamic vinaigrette. It doesn't get much simpler than that!

It requires, in season, ripe tomatoes, those Winter tomatoes will not do for this salad. This salad celebrates tomatoes at their most ripe and perfect.

This salad is vegan but if you want to add Mozzarella/Burrata, I say go for it; It would go together nicely.

Tomato Salad Recipe Inspiration

This type of salad, is a salad that I have been making for a long time. When I was in high school, I learned how to make a traditional, French Tomato Salad and this is very similar.

After college, I took a trip to Newport, Rhode Island and had a locally-sourced, Heirloom Tomato Salad at a restaurant on the pier by the water; it had just a few, thick slices, a simple, clean dressing and it was SO good and amazingly simple.

My Tomato Salad has locally-sourced, organic Heirloom tomatoes and cherry tomatoes at the peak of their ripeness because I like a mix of tomatoes, fresh organic basil from my garden because I love integrating herbs from my garden and marinated in a simplified, homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing.

This Tomato Salad couldn't be easier to make. I love to be able to make something homemade for dinner and this Tomato Salad is a wonderful addition to have with any meal. I use an OXO Salad shaker, my new favorite salad dressing tool that I got this Summer (I linked in the recipe card at the end of the post to the one I have).

If you don't have a Salad Dressing Shaker handy, you can use a lidded mason jar which is what I have always used in the past.

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Tomato Salad

Name: Tomato Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1-2 tablespoons Balsamic vinaigrette, or amount to taste; squeeze of fresh lemon juice; drizzle of citrus extra virgin olive oil, optional; pinch of Kosher salt, amount to taste; 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste; 4 Heirloom tomatoes, sliced; cherry tomatoes, halved; 4-6 leaves fresh basil, chopped or amount to taste

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 11 minutes

Tomato Salad has fresh, ripe, organic Heirloom tomatoes, fresh basil and marinated in a homemade Balsamic vinaigrette dressing. This seasonal salad truly offers wonderful Summer flavors!

Ingredients

4 Heirloom tomatoes, sliced
cherry tomatoes, halved
4-6 leaves fresh basil, chopped or amount to taste

Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing*

½ cup extra virgin olive oil
1-2 tablespoons Balsamic vinaigrette, or amount to taste
squeeze of fresh lemon juice
drizzle of citrus extra virgin olive oil, optional
pinch of Kosher salt, amount to taste
¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste

Instructions

In a 9" x 13" pan, arrange the Heirloom tomato slices and cherry tomato halves. Sprinkle the chopped basil even on top.
To Make the Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing: In a salad dressing shaker, add the extra virgin olive oil, drizzle of citrus extra virgin olive oil (optional), Balsamic vinegar, squeeze of lemon juice, Kosher salt and ground pepper. Adjust dressing flavors to your tastes. (see notes) Pour over the tomato salad, serve and enjoy!

Notes

A few notes about the dressing: The higher quality Balsamic vinegar, the better. You can add a sweetener, if you find it too acidic, like honey or sugar. You can add minced garlic. You can add a little mustard or mayonnaise.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 23Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 6mgCarbohydrates: 5gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 1g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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