Yummy Tomatoes

Since this is tomato season, here's some ideas for how to use them, besides, of course, just eating them sliced, with salt. Or between 2 pieces of bread. Yum!

Tomato, Avo salad

Sliced tomato
Sliced Avocado
Very thinly sliced onion
Sharp cheese, cubed
Balsamic Vinegar
Olive oil
Freshly ground sea salt and pepper

Put tomato slices on plate. Arrange Avo slices and cheese cubes around tomatoe. Top with slivered onions. Drizzle balsamic vinegar and olive oil over the whole thing. Sprinkly with salt and pepper.


Corn and Tomato Salad

1 can sweet yellow corn (or sliced off 3-4 cobs)
1 big tomato, diced small
1/2 small, sweet onion
1/4-1/2 jalapeno, chopped very fine
1 TBS red wine vinegar
2 Tbs olive oil
Salt and Pepper

Toss together in big bowl


Guacamole

4 Avocadoes, peeled, seeded and smooshed with fork in big bowl
Add to that:
1 diced tomato
Juice of 1 lime
thinly sliced onion
1/2 cup corn
cilantro to taste, chopped fine
Salt, to taste

Mix and enjoy! This is very flexible. you can make it with just avo's, cilantro, and lime. Or add it all. It's good any way you make it!

Tomato Cucumber salad

Sliced tomatoes and cucumbers in equal amounts. Add vinegar and toss in bowl. Easy, peasy. And good!