Salade Antibes

Market, Venice, 2012

I discovered this salad by accident.  I like naming my salads after French places under the dictum that foods taste better with French names. (wink)

Antibes is on the Mediterranean coast, and this yummy salad of summer tomatoes and lemons seemed a good dish to name for that warm, sunny city.

• 2 cups fresh tomatoes or grape tomatoes
• Juice of ½ a lemon
• Tablespoon of good olive oil
• Pepper to taste
• Kosher salt to taste

This is a great tomato salad.  You can use either fresh tomatoes cleaned of their seeds with a spoon or use whole, halved grape tomatoes.  Prepare and cut the tomatoes.  Add the juice of half a fresh lemon. Add in about a tablespoon of good olive oil.

Add black pepper and an amazingly large amount of kosher salt to taste.  The salt is key.  Keep adding as long as you think it revs up the taste.  At one point you end up with this fantastic, salty-sour vinaigrette.

DIETS:
Diabetic:  yes
Gluten Free:  yes
Mediterranean:  yes
Nightshade Family Free:  no (contains tomatoes)
Paleo:  yes
SugarBusters:  yes
Sugar Free:  yes
Vegan:  yes
Vegetarian:  yes
Wheat Free:  yes
200 Calories or Under:  yes

Notice:  Be sure to check with your doctor and nutritionist about the safety of any eating plan for you.  Also, check ingredients as different brands and products may have different ingredients or have changed them since this post.  Some calories are estimates based on packaging.