So other day I googled and I tried my first tomato salad

[Duncanpup]

It is very basic tomato and dressing yet I like to add so I mixed it up the other day with blue cheese crumbles.

So today I’m gonna try it with mozzarella and use cherry tomatoes chopped onions with Italian dressing and bacon crumbled. Any inspiration or ideas from your experiences greatly appreciated thank you in advance.

[Layzeebeaver]

1. During hot summer days...

...we prefer a classic greek salad. (tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, black olives, feta, and a bit of olive oil and red wine as a dressing - with a generous snowfall of oregano!)

there's a tomato/asparagus farm about 10 minutes away between where we live in Moreton-in-Marsh and Evesham here win Gloucestershire in the UK. Stuart (the owner) has been selling veg since he was 8yrs old. lovey guy, and fantastic veg.

Nothing like it on a hot afternoon outside in the garden.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. All of this sounds really good, and I have done much of it, but...

Next shot I will throw some mushrooms in, and possibly some of that canned tuna taking up a large part of a shelf.

For crunch, packaged croutons sound like a possibly, as would be shortbread cookies.

[Tetrachloride]

3. Orange or tangerine slices

shredded spinach
carrot bits
garlic powder
cilantro, parsley, basil, oregano
feta cheese bits
nuts, sliced
chicken bits
pineapple , squeezed
green peas
yam slices

[2naSalit]

4. Try this for hot days...

1 med. tomato cut into bite-size pieces
1/4 omion. red, sweet or a few scallions cut up
1/2 cucmber, sliced
1-2 Tbsp Ranch dressing

[mopinko]

5. gotta have some fresh basil.

caprese salad is great. tomato, fresh mozzarella, plenty of basil.
good pizza topping, too.

[Paper Roses]

6. I grew up in an Italian family. Salad with every evening meal.

At my old age, I have changed things. Still have salad each dinner but I use escarole, romaine
or friseé(if I can find it), onion, cukes, good tomatoes if I have them.I don't use the wimpy loose leaf lettuce, just personal preference. Simple dressing of oil, red wine vinegar, a little salt and fresh basil. If Feta cheese is available on sale, I add some instead of salt. Don't use Mozzarella. In my small garden I grow Genovese Basil and flat leaf parsley. This is a good year for those herbs but the tomatoes are a bust. Tried a new one, by Burpee, called slicing tomatoes. Not again. I have 4 plants and 3 tomatoes. Maybe it is all the rain we have had here. I use Miracle Gro every 4 weeks. Helped some things but not others. The local bunny ate all the leaves on my green beans. Not mad at him, he is so cute and he has to eat too.

I don't think I've had a dessert in 10 years. I figure the salad fills the void.
Never had a garden so non-productive as this years crop. Too much rain, not enough sun. If you live in Mass, you know what anyone with a garden is facing. I'd have been better off just buying the stuff at the grocery store.
Never mind the same bunny who ate my Zinnias!

[magicarpet]

7. Yes,.. Sweet Italian Basil,..

... to the finely chopped -tomatoes, onion, celery, cuke mix with Italian dressing cold from the fridge is a refreshing summer salad.

Cheese like Mozzarella or Greek Feta or Blue Cheese is nice to switch/change the salad mix.

[Ms. Toad]

11. That's mostly what I eat from the day the first tomato turns red.

About a lb of tomatoes, several slices of fresh mozarella (which I started making last year), and basil (also from my garden). Usually some added salt.

At least one meal a day, sometimes two.

[hlthe2b]

8. 'Love tomato with Mozarella... Caprese salad... Here's a basil pesto vinaigrette I like

https://thesuburbansoapbox.com/tomato-mozzarella-caprese-salad/

Simple but with basil growing in the garden, a great way to use it. But if you are lacking fresh basil, your tomato mozzarella salad is good with olive oil or nearly any good vinaigrette. enjoy.

[Warpy]

9. Tomato and chickpea salad is a meal in a bowl

when it's just too stinking hot to cook. Check out the recipes online. It's basically canned and rinsed chickpeas, seeded and chopped tomatoes, onions, garlic, minced parsley, and whatever else you throw in. Chickpeas are some of the mildest flavored beans out there, so you won't get bean haters objecting.

I dressed mine with a simple oil and cider vinegar dressing.

This is close to mine: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/14238/chickpea-salad-with-red-onion-and-tomato/ Other things that can go in are crumbled feta cheese, black olives, cooked sweet corn. You know, clean out the fridge. It's good the second day and can be stuffed into pita with a little lettuce. It's OK on day 3 but everybody is ready for something else by then.

[Trueblue1968]

10. tomato and cottage cheese ---- thank you Momma Grace. R.I.P.

my mom made this for us when we were kids .... 60 years ago



big ripe tomato ..... cut in half, quarters then eights, don't slice all the way through. fill with cottage cheese.

i have changed it a bit. i always place on lots of romaine lettuce and sprinkle over mrs. dash lemon pepper. sooooooo easy and delicious