Easy Chopped Tomato Salad

Easy Chopped Tomato Salad

This is one of those recipes-that-isn't-a-recipe posts. My family loves every single ingredient that goes into a salad but one ... lettuce. There are a few bursts of lettuce love around here but, for the most part, if I can make a salad without lettuce, I do.

For this easy salad, I chopped up three large tomatoes and one beautiful scallion. I also diced up one slice of white onion - teeny tiny pieces so as not to alert the  senses of the little people - and had the kiddos grab fistfuls of basil leaves from the garden.

I tossed all of these ingredients together with a few shakes of coarse sea salt and a swirl (or two) of olive oil.

I love finding new cheese!

Just to be different, I added in chunks of a really yummy cheese I found while wandering around Reid's Fine Foods the other day. My kids love it when I add in cheese to salad - although I love to make a traditional caprese salad using mozzarella, any cheese will do - crumbled goat cheese, feta, cheddar, you get the idea! My dad always put extra sharp New York cheddar cheese in our salads so I love looking for different cheeses to try. And, if the kids don't love my experiment... all the more for me.

The local ingredient list: Tomatoes from Edgerton Farm, Scallion from Charlene's Garden, Basil from our lovely backyard... Cheese from Ashe County Cheese. Delicious!