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Summer Food series # 1 - Herby Tomato salad with pine nuts and cheese

Tomatoes, pine nuts and soft cheese We are still in March and its scorchingly hot in Bombay. Just the day before, the temperature touched a record 41 C (almost 106 F). I was blaming global warming, just to be informed that the reason was not global but very much local . The Summer Food Series that I
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 tomatoes medium (halved) and each cut (into third)
  • 2 cheese trianges of (I used Laughing Cow, Feta would be nice too)
  • 1/2 tsp basil dried
  • 1/2 tsp oregano dried
  • black pepper Freshly cracked
  • to taste Salt ( If using feta, go easy on the salt)
  • 2 tbsps pine nuts lightly roasted
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil ( optional)

Method
 

  1. In a bowl, mix in all the ingredients except nuts. Chill for an hour or so. Garnish with toasted nuts just before serving.

Notes

Serving suggestion
Spoon this salad between two slices of bread for a light, cold sandwich. I eat it just by itself.
BTW, today is STOP CYBERBULLYING DAY! So, I am not going to bully anyone to leave comments, its not like I have done it before....Hahaha.
Tags: summer foods, tomatoes, salad, Saffron Trail, Recipe, Food, Indian food blog, Healthy eating, Healthy living, Mumbai, India.