Insanely Easy Tomato Salad

"This is a recipe that I use when I have fresh tomatoes and basil from our garden. The fresher the tomatoes, the better the salad."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
4-6
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directions

  • Mix all ingredients and refrigerate.
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. A nice change of pace to a conventional salad. The recipe was quick and easy. I actually cut up a ton of onions and sauteed half with minced garlic and canola oil and the left the other half as is to add a bit of a crunch. Everything turned out great and I am definately keeping this recipe in rotation!
     
  2. Yummy! Very quick and easy side dish, I used brown onions because it was all I had at home. I marinated the onions with vinegar for about 30 minutes to reduce the sharpness. Other then this I kept to the recipe. We all enjoyed the flavours. Served it with Recipe #254738 and Recipe #203668 Thank you I Cook Therefore I Am
     
  3. I made salad for a side on Easter and we loved it! The only thing different I did was substitute a yellow onion because I forgot to pick up the red onion when at the store. This is INSANELY easy and INSANELY delicious! Oh, and if you're on Weight Watchers it's 0 points per serving AND Core. Thanks for the great simple recipe!
     
  4. I have made this for years from fresh ripe tomatoes.......a wonderful way to bring out the flavor. Great recipe!!
     
  5. What a wonderful, refreshing and tasty salad that is easy and quick to fix. I used three fresh romas (they weren't to big), fresh basil from the garden, the red onions and I grated finely the garlic and used recipe#1982#1982 for the Italian dressing...a little bit of heaven! Thank you for submitting such an easy and delicious recipe>
     
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  1. Oh, dear, I posted the photos but can't find my review of this recipe? Did I not hit the submit button? Fortunately it's not too late to review this refreshing salad. It has ingredients I love (tomatoes, garlic, basil, red onion) and my BF hates. Fortunately I did not give him any:D Instead of the Italian dressing I used tarragon vinegar, some Italian herbs and a sprinkling of olive oil. Truly a classic American salad. Thanks I Cook!
     
  2. I made salad for a side on Easter and we loved it! The only thing different I did was substitute a yellow onion because I forgot to pick up the red onion when at the store. This is INSANELY easy and INSANELY delicious! Oh, and if you're on Weight Watchers it's 0 points per serving AND Core. Thanks for the great simple recipe!
     

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