Salade de Tomates et Basilic
This tomato basil salad recipe is so simple to make, yet it will give you a bright and colorful display for your hors d'oeuvres table or a fast 15-minute side dish to accompany your family meal. An inexpensive way to produce such a beautiful and healthy side dish!
Make these under 20-minute salads: Easy Cucumber Salad, French Potato Tarragon Salad, or French Cheese Ham And Potato Salad.
About Tomato Basil Salad Recipe
I love this recipe because it has all the features I love in a salad. Simplicity can be divine in salad creation, and this one has that.
First, fresh tomatoes, then mild onions or chives, and thirdly, a lovely blend of herbs, parsley, and a little basil.
Then an easy salad dressing of red wine vinegar or lemon juice mixed with olive oil and a little salt and pepper.
Just add this little salad to your family table as a side dish for your everyday meals, a quick and healthy addition for everyone.
Or a brilliant shock of color to an hors d'euvres table or buffet.
Also, it is a good way to eat up these beautiful fruits when they are in season, and you can buy them cheaply, or your tomato plants are heavy with bounty.
Find further step-by-step instructions on how to make delicious vegetable salads like this tomato salad recipe in The Salad Handbook.
Key Ingredients For Tomato Salad
- Firm ripe tomatoes cut in wedges; I love cherry or grape tomatoes of various colors because they make a lovely show.
- A few slices of mild onion or chives
- Chopped fresh parsley and basil
Tomato Basil Vinaigrette Dressing
- olive oil or avocado oil
- fresh lemon juice
- red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- Maple syrup or honey
- finely chopped basil leaves
- garlic minced
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
How To Make Tomato Basil Salad Recipe
- Make the dressing first by mixing the oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and maple syrup or honey in a bowl with a whisk until well blended and lemony colored.
- Then stir in the basil, garlic, salt, and pepper, and let sit on the counter while you prepare the salad base and the rest of the meal.
- Wash and slice tomatoes in half through the width if using small tomatoes or cut larger ones in wedges.
- Place them in a bowl that you will serve the salad in.
- Place a few onion rings or chopped chives over the top of the tomatoes and sprinkle with the parsley.
- Just before serving, drizzle the dressing over the tomato salad base and stir well.
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Tomato Basil Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb firm ripe tomatoes or grape or cherry tomatoes of various colors make a lovely show
- A few slices of a mild onion or chives
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
Basil Vinaigrette Dressing
- ½ cup olive oil or avocado oil
- 2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup or honey more if needed
- 3 tablespoon finely chopped basil leaves
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Make the dressing first by mixing the oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and maple syrup or honey in a bowl with a whisk until well blended and lemony colored.
- Then stir in the basil, garlic, salt, and pepper, and let sit on the counter while you prepare the salad base and the rest of the meal.
- Wash and slice tomatoes in half through the width if using small tomatoes or cut larger ones in wedges.
- Place them in a bowl that you will serve the salad in.
- Place a few onion rings or chopped chives over the top of the tomatoes and sprinkle with the parsley.
- Just before serving drizzle the dressing over the tomato salad base and stir well.
Loved it, tweaked it, or not your "cup of tea"... I’d really love to hear how it went for you.