Tomato Refresher Salad

Submitted by Amanda Beth

"This is a simple, delicious salad. It is so good when tomatoes are at their best. (Indiana tomatoes are my personal favorites...but I'm biased.) It's great for a cookout. This is from the Southern Living 1981 Cookbook, from the month of May. Cooking time is chilling time."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 small green peppers, diced
• 1⁄2 cup diced celery
• 2 small onions, diced
• 1⁄2 tablespoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 cup vinegar (I use plain old white vinegar.)
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 cup cold water
• 6 medium tomatoes, sliced

directions

1. Layer tomatoes in a 9x13 pan.
2. Combine first 8 ingredients and pour over tomatoes.
3. Cover and chill 3-4 hours.

Reviews

[Little Bee]

My Grandmother and Mother both always made this salad in the Summer (minus the Celery) and it has always been one of my favortite salads in the Summer. Very refreshing! Thanks for sharing!

 

[*Parsley*]

My Nana made this salad every summer when her garden veggies were ripe, except she didn't use celery. I liked it with the celery, but it's just as good without it. Wonderful summer recipe!

 

[Sharon123]

As the title says, very refreshing! I used red wine vinegar and halved the recipe. I loved the flavors and this made a great lunch along with a lentil salad! Thanks Amanda!

 

[Bev. E.]

I liked this recipe very much. Since my DH just had 6 Bipass surgery we are really eating heart healthy. I didn't add the salt. I used a little Mrs. Dash. It is very refreshing.

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

I made and enjoyed this salad for lunch this afternoon and it was great! The only changes I made was to use fresh lemon juice instead of vinegar, and I did not use any sugar and water. I'll be making this again! Thank you for sharing!