Recipes | Snap Peas, Basil, Tomato & Cucumber Salad
Snap Peas, Basil, Tomato & Cucumber Salad
We eat with our eyes and this salad presents itself deliciously. Look for stringless snap peas and you’ll find preparation a “snap”!
Ingredients
Servings
- 4 Ontario Greenhouse Tomatoes, Cut Into 1/4 Inch Slices
- 1/2 Ontario Greenhouse Cucumber, Peeled and Diced
- 1 Cup Stringless Sugar Snap Peas, Chopped
- 1 Cup Ontario Greenhouse Cherry or Grape Tomatoes, Halved
- 1/2 Cup Kalamata Olives, Sliced
- 1/4 Cup Fresh Basil, Chopped
- 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Lemon, Juiced
- To Taste Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Instructions
Step 1
In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon zest, juice, and black pepper.Step 2
You are going to layer your salad. First arrange the tomato slices, overlapping slightly, on a serving platter. Sprinkle the cucumber and peas over the tomato slices. Scatter the bite size tomatoes over the cucumber. Sprinkle the olives on top.Step 3
Garnish with the fresh basil over the salad and serve immediately.Step 4
Tip: If you have something in your cupboard called finishing salt or course sea salt this is an ideal recipe to experiment on. Sprinkle this salt sparingly over the first layer of sliced tomatoes.
