Three Tomato and Herb Salad
Serves 4
Prep time 10 mins
Cook time none
Per Serving:
265 calories
8.8g protein
20.3g fat
6.6g saturated fat
1.3g salt
Contains a over a third of your RDA of vitamin C and counts for 2 of your 5-A-DAY
Ingredients
- 2 large beef tomatoes
- 175g/6oz cherry tomatoes,
- 100g/4oz sun dried tomatoes in oil
- 1 (20g) pack flat leaf parsley
- 25g/1oz fresh basil leaves
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- 45ml/3tbsp olive oil
- 30ml/2tbsp balsamic vinegar
- pinch of sugar
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (125g) buffalo mozzarella
Method
- Remove the core from the large tomatoes, then roughly chop the flesh into bite sized pieces. Place in a large serving dish. Half the cherry tomatoes; quarter the sun dried tomatoes then add both to the bowl.
- Roughly chop the parsley and half the basil leaves and scatter over the tomatoes along with the red onion.
- Finely chop the remaining basil and place in a small bowl. Add the oil, vinegar and sugar and whisk with a fork to make a dressing. Season to taste. Drizzle the herb dressing over the tomato mixture and toss well to mix.
- Tear the mozzarella into pieces and scatter it over the tomato and herb salad. Serve straight away with crusty bread.