I love a good salad, but I’ll be honest, some times I get a little bored of actually having lettuce in my salad. I know it’s weird, but sometimes I want salad where the main ingredient is something other than lettuce.  But one of my favorite summer salads is the simplest of them all: Summer Tomato Salad.

Nothing beats a summer tomato salad with juicy red tomatoes, a handful of fresh parsley and basil, a few sliced shallots and a little olive oil and salt and pepper It’s so scrumptious. It’s perfect for hot days. It’s great as a starter salad for a summer dinner out on the patio. It just really is the perfect summer salad. Not too heavy, just pure summer herby tomato bliss.

For this salad, I used the Village Farms mini San Marzano tomatoes that I bought at Costco. Guys, if your Costco has them you NEED to buy them. They are all kinds of amazing and they really help this salad shine. That said, if you can’t find them, any good quality cherry tomatoes will work fine. But you better hop to it. We’re entering the middle of August next week. Summer, and all of the tomato deliciousness, is fading fast.

Ingredients:
2 - 3 cups quartered min san marzano tomatoes (or halved cherry tomatoes)
1/4 cup thinly chopped shallots
2 cloves garlic, minced
handful fresh basil
handful fresh parsley
2 tablespoons olive oil
kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper

Instructions:
Combine tomatoes, shallots, garlic, basil and parsley together in a bowl. Mix well. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Let stand at room temperature for about an hour. Serve.

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