Summer Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes
Sun soaked heirloom tomatoes are perfection in of themselves. They don’t need a bed of lettuce or anything superfluous. Slice them open, drizzle with a thin line of balsamic vinegar and taste the magnificence. After you’ve thoroughly enjoyed them in their simplicity, then perhaps it’s okay to top your Summer salad with a few and enjoy their succulence in spaced out bites.
For this salad, I used a bed of mixed greens (arugula, chervil, mâché, baby romaine), topped with juicy heirloom tomatoes, a mix of unsalted almonds, cashews, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, raisins, and a teaspoon of fresh bacon bits. With a light balsamic dressing; the combination was really quite delicious.
Summer Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
Description
A simple salad full of garden fresh flavour.
Ingredients
- 2 handfuls of mixed greens
- 1 large heirloom tomato
- 1/4 cup of mixed nuts, seeds, and raisins
- 1 Tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon of virgin olive oil
- Optional: 1 teaspoon of fresh bacon bits
Instructions
- In a personal sized salad bowl, create a bed of mixed greens.
- Slice heirloom tomato and add to the bowl.
- Top with nuts, seeds and raisins.
- Drizzle with dressing.
- Prep Time: 10
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
Other Summer salads you might enjoy…
Fresh Garden Salad with Avocado Dill Dressing
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Sounds amazing Emily! I love heirloom tomatoes!!
ME too! 😉
Looks very fresh and good sweetie – hope all is well with you and your tummy! 🙂
Thanks Tina – trying to keep very healthy with growing baby + belly!!
I love nuts and raisins in green salads. Yummmmmm
Hehehe, me too! It adds crunch and substance! Thanks for coming by Cynthia!
So true. A good tomato is amazing on its own. This looks so colorful and yummy.
This sounds perfectly refreshing and full of nutrients! Thanks for the idea Emily.
Hope you are feeling well friend!
Anna
You’re welcome Anna! It’s really filling with the nuts and seeds. I’m doing much better than the first trimester, so thank God for that! Hope you are enjoying your house full of precious little ones 🙂
Great recipe Emily. I love heirloom tomatoes too. I love that you added all of the nuts to this salad for some crunch and flavor. Definitely need to try this one..pinning!
Thanks Krista! I guess we’re both salad lovers, huh? 😉 Thanks for pinning!
What a beautiful and delicious salad. Congrats on your upcoming arrival. We have a toddler at home also. Just added baby #2 to the family 3 weeks ago. Rest up! 🙂
Thank you Lisa! Congratulations on your bundle of joy too! I’ll definitely take that advice and get all the rest I can now 🙂