Friday, July 6, 2012

Tomato & Cucumber Salad

We are in a homegrown tomato overload situation, here...not complaining.  I love our tomatoes.  This year a Brandywine Heirloom tomato plant has been the star producer.  It's loaded and shows no signs of ceasing, even in our triple digit heat.  Our parsley is still hanging on, too.

With our bounty we created this salad to accompany our dinner, the other night.

Here's what you will need to put this fresh and healthy salad together.

Ingredients
Tomatoes, as many as you see fit to serve your family (I used between 8-10 smallish tomatoes), seeded and chopped
1 medium cucumber, chopped in large chunks
a handful of fresh parsley, rinsed, patted dry, and chopped
1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
6 pats of soft goat cheese
salt and black pepper to taste
2 to 3 lugs olive oil, I use extra virgin

Directions
Combine all ingredients up to oil.  Drizzle olive oil over the salad and toss to coat.  You may add green onion and/or Kalamata olives; if you have them, each would be a nice addition.

Sharing on  Foodie Friday  at Rattlebridge Farm.  Be sure to check out all the other great recipes shared their.

Also sharing @  Ms. enPlace  and @ Southern Sundays at A Slice of Southern Blog.

Have a great weekend!

12 comments:

LindaCrochets said...

Sound delicious..will have to try it. We are also seeing abundance in tomatoes.

From the Kitchen said...

I was intrigued by your "name" and am here from Martha's blog. Now I see that you are a southern kitchen witch. What could be better?

We are still waiting on homegrown tomatoes in Chicagoland. As a southerner, I'm used to having them much earlier.

Best,
Bonnie

Stephen said...

Wish I had a big bowl about now, I'm hungry.

DFW said...

That salad looks delicious! Glad your Brandywine's are producing. I didn't even get a bloom on mine. My winners this year were Celebrity & Park's Whopper.

Lynn said...

Oh how I envy your tomato overload! My first two are just getting red and my suspicion is a bug may have gotten to the ripest one. Enjoy yours:@)

Winnie said...

No need to convince me - I know it's a wonderful salad :)
It's almost a regular salad with family

Michelle B said...

Gotta love recipes that use so much homegrown goodness. I also love that you used both feta and goat cheese! Thank you for linking! Have a great week.

Chaya said...

I usually have tomatoes and cukes, if nothing else so a salad like this happens. This is my perfect lunch.

If you have a moment, would you be kind enough to link this to the Recipe Box?

A Kitchen Witch said...

Thanks for all the comments. : )

Notes from Maggie's Farm said...

I just love these fresh summer salads!

Chaya said...

Thanks for linking up. Came back to let you know, I appreciate it and I am sure, the foodies that see it, will also.

Slice of Southern said...

Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe on Southern Sundays. Hope to see you again soon!