Cherry tomato salad is a fresh side dish to prepare with few ingredients and no cooking, perfect for summer. A very simple recipe for tomato salad that solves lunch and dinner all year round, but especially in summer when temperatures are high and you don’t feel like turning on the stove. All you need is just a handful of tomatoes, good quality extra virgin olive oil, some aromatic herbs, and it’s ready in minutes.
The ideal tomatoes to make a tomato salad are usually salad tomatoes like beefsteak or San Marzano, but if you love the sweeter and more delicate flavor of cherry tomatoes, a good solution is to use them for rich salads. Like this one we propose with cherry and yellow tomatoes, simply seasoned with oil, garlic, and basil. A salad that we can use as a side dish for many main dishes, both vegetable and meat and fish, or that we can turn into a main course by adding many ingredients like tuna, salmon, potatoes, olives, etc., or grains like pasta, rice, barley, farro, couscous, etc. Also ideal for making bruschetta and croutons! Perfect for lunch and dinner every day, it is ready in less than 5 minutes and is delicious!
Now all you have to do is read the cherry tomato salad recipe, healthy, light, and tasty!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer
- Energy 139.94 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 8.05 (g) of which sugars 5.67 (g)
- Proteins 1.67 (g)
- Fat 12.15 (g) of which saturated 1.71 (g)of which unsaturated 0.13 (g)
- Fibers 1.47 (g)
- Sodium 502.75 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 145 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Preparing Yellow and Cherry Tomato Salad
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes
- 2 cups yellow tomatoes
- extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- basil
- salt
- pepper
Tools for Preparing Yellow and Cherry Tomato Salad
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Knife
- 1 Bowl
Steps for Preparing Yellow and Cherry Tomato Salad
To prepare the Yellow and Cherry Tomato Salad, first wash the tomatoes well with cold water, dry them with a kitchen towel, and cut them in half on a cutting board.
Peel the garlic clove and chop it. Wash the basil leaves well and tear them coarsely with your hands.
Combine the tomatoes with the garlic and basil in a salad bowl, season with extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper, and the tomato salad is ready to be served.
Simo and Cicci recommend
You can store this salad in the fridge for up to one day.
Instead of garlic, you can use a sliced red or yellow onion. Instead of basil, you can use oregano or fresh mint.
You can enrich the salad with many ingredients: green and black olives, tuna, potatoes, burrata, stracciatella, capers, cucumbers, feta, smoked salmon, mozzarella balls, arugula, shrimp, beans, avocado, zucchini, etc.
Of course, this salad is the perfect base for many fresh pasta or rice salads, but also to be prepared with other grains like farro, barley, couscous, wheat, quinoa, bulgur, etc.
