Floating Island Salad
By: Gigi Howe
The tomatoes are ripening in my garden! To me, there is nothing much better than a fresh, homegrown tomato. I had one at lunch today and it was great. One of my favorite summertime salads is my recipe for today. Its wonderful with those fresh tomatoes.
I’ve been making this recipe for years and years. My mom used to make it when I was a kid. Its really funny because since I knew that I was going to share this recipe today, I decided to look it up in my mom’s old cookbook. We always called it “Floating Island Salad”. Much to my surprise, its just called “Floating Salad”. And another surprise, we changed the recipe around and I think its much better!! 🙂 So, since my recipe is different from the original, I will stick with the name we’ve called it over the years.
The original recipe calls for tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and vinegar. My recipe calls for the same vegetables and sometimes I add red pepper but my recipe also includes olive oil and oregano. Fresh basil is also nice to include if you have it. And if you want to give this recipe a little more bang, add some feta cheese right before you serve it! Its a very refreshing salad! I hope you enjoy it.
Floating Island Salad
Ingredients:
- Approximately 2 lbs. ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks
- 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 bell pepper – red is my preference (optional)
- 1/2 small red onion, sliced thin
- 1/3 red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (or fresh if available)
- basil – few leaves, chopped (optional)
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients, mix well. Cover and refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.
Enjoy!!
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