Tomato Salad Recipe – Easy And Bursting With Flavor!

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Tomato Salad Recipe –Tomatoes, fresh basil, ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese) balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Using fresh ingredients and a few pantry staples make this tomato salad. You can enjoy a delicious tomato salad!

Tomato Salad With Ricotta Cheese

This is all you need to make this delicious salad with tomatoes. And the tomato salad is quick and easy to make and adapt.

If you don’t like Ricotta cheese use cottage cheese or your favorite cheese crumbles. Or omit the cheese.

Tomato Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• Tomatoes (Vine Ripened)
  Or cocktail tomatoes from Target are good for this type of salad too.
• Fresh Basil
• Ricotta Cheese
• Balsamic Vinegar
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper

To make this recipe you will need a few small kitchen tools – A cutting board, a serrated knife, a chef knife, and a large spoon for serving.

Where to Buy Fresh Tomatoes?

Get the tomatoes from a farmer’s market, Target, or grocery store (organic section), or use home-grown. Vine-ripened tomatoes are typically the sweetest and juiciest.

You will find them in the summer months (which makes this the perfect time to make a tomato salad!). However, the timing will vary depending on where you live.

This year we grew tomatoes. Have you ever grown patio tomatoes or garden tomatoes?

Directions

1. Wash, dry, and slice the tomatoes with a serrated knife.
2. Wash and chop basil leaves. Keep 3 whole for garnishing.
3. Plate the tomatoes, laying them down slightly covering the one before on the plate.
4. Drizzle balsamic vinegar and then olive oil over the tomatoes. Lightly salt and pepper them.
5. Add the Ricotta cheese to the center of the plate and lightly pepper (optional) the Ricotta cheese.
6. Serve and enjoy~

I like using round serving plates like this.

Tomato Salad Photography Credits Theresa Huse DearCreatives.com

It is that simple to have a delicious tomato salad. This is perfect for tomato season or any time you have fresh organic tomatoes.

Recipe Notes and Tips

• If you think you will have leftover tomato salad mix the dressing 1:1 in a salad dressing jar. Adjust to your flavor preference.
• Store the tomato salad in an air-tight container (without dressing) for 2-3 days.
• Refrigerate the tomato salad promptly to avoid spoilage.

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• You might like this beet salad with tomatoes and cucumbers.

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Tomato Salad Recipe –Tomatoes, fresh basil, ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese) balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Using fresh ingredients and a few pantry staples make this tomato salad. You can enjoy a delicious tomato salad!

The tomato salad is quick and easy to make and adapt.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

• Tomatoes
• Fresh Basil
• Balsamic Vinegar
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper
• Ricotta Cheese

Instructions

How To Make Tomato Salad

1. Wash, dry, and slice the tomatoes with a serrated knife.
2. Wash and chop basil leaves. Keep 3 whole for garnishing.
3. Plate the tomatoes, laying them down slightly covering the one before on the plate.
4. Drizzle balsamic vinegar and then olive oil over the tomatoes. Lightly salt and pepper them.
5. Add the Ricotta cheese to the center of the plate and lightly pepper (optional) the Ricotta cheese.
6. Serve and enjoy~

Notes

The amount of tomatoes you slice will vary; depending on the size of the tomatoes, and if servings are for adults, adults, and kids.

One 15-ounce container of Ricotta Cheese has approximately 7 servings.

The balsamic vinegar and olive oil ratio is one-to-one. For example: if you use 2 tablespoons - You will use two tablespoons of vinegar and two tablespoons of olive oil. Then adapt the flavor to your liking and taste preference.

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  Hiware Extra Large Bamboo Cutting Board for Kitchen, Heavy Duty Wood Cutting Boards with Juice Groove, 100% Organic Bamboo, Pre Oiled, 18" x 12"
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  Mercer Culinary M20606 Genesis 6-Inch Chef's Knife, Black
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  OXO Good Grips Little Salad Dressing Shaker - Black, Small

Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 82Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 10mgSodium 107mgCarbohydrates 4gFiber 0gSugar 2gProtein 4g

Not all nutritional information is always 100% accurate.

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