Tomato Salad

Tomato Salad is a summer classic. It pares so well with basically everything. I know thats a cop out but it’s true! It’s great on its own but also goes with pasta, bread, lettuce, Israeli couscous. There are so many different ways to serve Tomato Salad.

To make Tomato Salad you need:

• 2 cups of cherry tomatoes
• 1 tbsp fresh oregano
• 1/4 cup of fresh chopped basil
• 2 ears of corn
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• Salt and Pepper

Start by grilling two ears of corn. After you grill the corn allow it to cool enough so you can cut it off the cob. Add it to a mixing bowl. Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves or quarters. I used yellow and red tomatoes to add more color to the salad. Add the tomatoes and all other ingredients to the mixing bowl with the grilled corn. Mix well then add salt and pepper to taste.

I can’t wait until I have fresh grown tomatoes to cook with this summer. I took a few of these shots outside you could see how our container garden is coming along. We planted the usual suspects again this year. There are a couple varieties of tomato plants and lots of fresh herbs. You know we love basil so we always plant enough to harvest and make pesto all summer.

I don’t know if you can see it in any of these photos but the thing I love the most about our container garden is our drip irrigation system.  It is great because it saves water. The system is super easy to use and the best part is you can set it up on timer. We adjust the timer through out the summer. Right now we have it set to water the plants for 15 minutes a day. Later in the heat of summer we will have to adjust it to run longer and maybe twice a day morning and evening.