Summer Tomato and Sweet Pepper Salad

Summer tomato and sweet pepper salad is minimal effort, maximum flavor: the vegetables are cut any way you like and dressed with lemon juice, oil, salt and a pinch of sugar. I recommend making it often while it's in season.

Summer Tomato and Sweet Pepper Salad

A juicy seasonal salad of tomatoes, sweet pepper and red onion with a lemon-oil dressing and sesame seeds.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 5-7 tomatoes
• 2 white or bell peppers
• 1 red onion
• vegetable oil
• lemon juice and lemon wedges
• salt
• sugar or honey
• sesame seeds

Method

 

1. Wash the vegetables and cut them any way you like: tomatoes into slices, pepper into rings, onion into rings.
2. Put everything in a bowl, add salt, a pinch of sugar or honey, pour in the lemon juice and oil, and mix.
3. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and flavor with basil and parsley.
   

Tips

• You can use honey instead of sugar in the dressing.
• Either white pepper or regular bell pepper works well.
• Basil and parsley give the salad its aroma - don't skip them.