Height-of-Summer Tomato Salad

If you have roughly 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Height-of-Summer Tomato Salad might be an awesome gluten free recipe to try. For $1.54 per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 95 calories. It works well as a reasonably priced side dish. 543 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. This recipe from Vegetarian Times requires ricotta salata, fresh basil leaves, salad mix, and heirloom tomato. With a spoonacular score of 88%, this dish is tremendous. Summer Tomato Salad, Tomato Corn Summer Salad, and Cucumber and Tomato Summer Salad are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 6

 

Ingredients:

1 medium cucumber, peeled, halved, and sliced

⅔ cup fresh basil leaves, plus more for garnish

3 cloves garlic, minced (1 Tbs.)

12 oz. heirloom or other peak-season tomatoes, cut into different shapes

2 ½ Tbs. olive oil

¼ small red onion, thinly sliced

1 ½ oz. ricotta salata, crumbled

Salad

Dressing

Equipment:

food processor

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

1. To make Dressing: Purée basil and garlic with 1/2 tsp. olive oil in food processor. Stir in remaining olive oil. 2. To make Salad: Toss together tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and ricotta salata in large bowl. Pour Dressing over mixture, and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Garnish with basil leaves.

 

Step by step:


1. To make Dressing: Purée basil and garlic with 1/2 tsp. olive oil in food processor. Stir in remaining olive oil.

2. To make Salad: Toss together tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and ricotta salata in large bowl.

3. Pour Dressing over mixture, and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.

4. Garnish with basil leaves.


Nutrition Information:

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92k Calories
2g Protein
7g Total Fat
5g Carbs
19% Health Score
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Calories
92k
5%

Fat
7g
11%

  Saturated Fat
1g
9%

Carbohydrates
5g
2%

  Sugar
2g
3%

Cholesterol
3mg
1%

Sodium
27mg
1%

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Protein
2g
4%

Vitamin C
19mg
23%

Vitamin A
1123IU
22%

Vitamin K
22µg
21%

Manganese
0.21mg
10%

Vitamin E
1mg
8%

Folate
31µg
8%

Potassium
276mg
8%

Vitamin B6
0.12mg
6%

Phosphorus
52mg
5%

Copper
0.09mg
5%

Magnesium
17mg
4%

Fiber
1g
4%

Calcium
38mg
4%

Iron
0.66mg
4%

Vitamin B2
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.05mg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.62mg
3%

Zinc
0.37mg
2%

Vitamin B5
0.21mg
2%

Selenium
1µg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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