Recipe: Fresh Tomato Salad

If your garden is turning out tomatoes like there's no tomorrow, use some of the freshness up with this delicious tomato salad recipe. I ate this all the time as a kid and I still love it as an adult. My kids love it too!

Ingredients:
- About 5 fresh tomatoes. I like to use Roma tomatoes.
-1/2 onion, thinly sliced. *note: you can use red onion, white onion or whatever type of onion you like.
- 4 leaves fresh basil, rolled and sliced thinly
- Generous drizzle of olive oil
- 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/4 tsp dried parsley
- Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Chop tomatoes and place in bowl along with any juices that are left on the cutting board. Add the sliced onion, fresh basil, olive oil, vinegar and parsley. Mix thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before eating.

Some variations include adding mozarella cubes to the mixture, using garlic salt instead of regular salt or even a little bit of fresh oregano. I find fresh parsley to be a bit overpowering in this recipe and tend to stick to the dried type.