Lupe's Italian Bread and Tomato Salad
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 4 cups French bread or 4 cups Italian bread, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 3 large ripe tomatoes, diced
- 1 cup cucumber, peeled,seeded and diced
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 1⁄2 cup fresh basil leaf, torn into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons black olives, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1⁄4 cup virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 5 cups mixed salad greens
directions
- Place bread in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Toast in 300 degree oven until golden brown, approximately 15 minutes.
- Stir cubes frequently for even browning.
- Remove and let cool.
- Gently toss cucumbers, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, basil, olives and garlic together in a large bowl.
- Sprinle vinegar over mixture.
- Next, drizzle olive oil over it.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper toss gently to combine flavors.
- Let salad stand at room temperature for 30 minutes or until bread softens slightly.
- Serve immediately on a bed of mixed greens.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
sherryinmo
Marshfield, 65
<p>Hello to all you great chefs out there from around the world. <br /> <br />I live in the Missouri Ozarks where good down home food and eating is what it is all about. <br /> <br />Hubby and I use to love to travel around the country, we are not able to do that anymore. <br /> <br />Love the times my family can all get together. Love going to flea markets and garage sales to scout out whatever I am collecting at the time. I love old pottery, crystal vases, fun picture frames, fabric, gardening. We will be doing container gardening only this year due to a decline in health. Plan on several kinds of tomatoes and pepper. Love flowers and houseplants. <br /> <br />I love my digital camera, and hope to find the recipes of the pictures I have already taken. I don't have a favorite cookbook, unless it is the one in my hand at the moment. They are all like special friends. We love our furbaby Abbey. She keeps us on track. <br /> <br /><img src=http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/PACsticker-Adopted.jpg alt= /></p>