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{eating my veggies} day 3

101 Simple Salads, #13

tomato strawberry salad

i feel perhaps i might be cheating by choosing another salad which contains fruit.  but i currently have a refrigerator full of ripe strawberries and tomatoes from my garden so i decided to use what i had on hand. it was delicious and i would have loved to have served this over a bed a spinach leaves and maybe used a balsamic vinaigrette instead of the just the vinegar. next time :)  i am excited about finding these new ways to include veggies in my diet without it being boring and a constant repetition of the same thing day after day

directions form the article:

13.  A red salad: Combine tomato wedges with halved strawberries, basil leaves, shaved Parmesan and balsamic vinegar.

here’s what i used to make a salad for one:

  • 2 small tomatoes, sliced
  • 6 strawberries, halved
  • 3 fresh basil leaves, chopped
  • balsamic vinegar – very little, maybe 1/4 tsp
  • fresh Parmesan cheese, grated on top – again very little, just a light dusting on top

Mon, August 3 2009 » from the kitchen, healthy me

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