Summer Salad is one of our old family favorites. I could eat it every day while produce is fresh. A visitor named it, saying that it tasted like Summer to him.
Each of us has our own variation, but this is the basic salad:
Fresh, ripe tomatoes
Cucumber, preferably the small "pickle" size
Green onions
Oil and vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper
Fresh dill, minced.....a lot of it
Now, I'm basically lazy, so I use Italian salad dressing on mine. I like the "Robusto" varieties with lots of seasoning and garlic, or Paul Newman's Italian Dressing. We cut the veggies into bite sized pieces. My salad tends to have more tomato and cucumber and less onion, but you can vary the proportions to suit yourself. Add the pepper and the dill and then cover it with salad dressing. I tend to have a heavy hand with the dressing, and a lot of it gets thrown out. Actually, you could use it as a merinade the next day if you saved it.
It's possible to use broccoli flowerettes, or even raw cauliflower in this salad. I occasionally omit the onion and substitute the broccoli. NEVER leave out the dill. It's the magic ingredient.
Chill the salad for a bit before serving. Enjoy!
Comments (4)
I must insist you try my favorite on Romaine - 3 big tbsp. mayo, 4 tbsp. apple cider vinegar, 2 -3 tbsp. sugar, salt and pepper. Great with crab on top drizzled with a bit of lemon.
Posted by Roberta | July 2, 2003 6:16 PM
Posted on July 2, 2003 18:16
Whoops - hit post before I was finished. You salad sounds so good and you are so right. Fresh dill is the magic ingredient for potato salad, baked fish, new potatoes, even garlic toast. Bring on the dill - it makes such a difference.
Posted by Roberta | July 2, 2003 6:20 PM
Posted on July 2, 2003 18:20
I'll have to try your recipe. DH would love it....anything with crab is great in his book! We can get fresh crab at the Farmer's Market in the summer.
Posted by Buffy | July 2, 2003 11:57 PM
Posted on July 2, 2003 23:57
My gram used to make a salad like that. Fresh tomatoes, cucumber, onion, garlic, oregano, olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. God it was so delicious and we'd dunk big ol' pieces of Italian bread in the juice of it. (I'm 1/2 Italain Gram is all Italian) So good, thanks for bringing up a good memory tonight. :)
Posted by Drowning Fish | July 3, 2003 10:38 PM
Posted on July 3, 2003 22:38