This past weekend Dave and I watched Julie & Julia, the story of Julia Child and modern-day Julie who decides to cook and blog her way through Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I am fairly certain Dave fell asleep. My mother-in-law is here while Dave is in Chicago so we watched it again last night.
The movie made me want to get up off this couch and cook! Back in September I got the following recipe and picture ready to post on the blog but never got around to it. Enjoy!
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I’m a terrible baker. And I cannot cook a roast or steak. But, I can make salads! This cucumber and tomato salad is easy as can be and I could eat gallon-sized quantities of it!
Cucumber and Tomato Salad
Cucumbers, cut up (Persian cucumbers if you can find them. Our local Trader Joe’s carries them)
Tomatoes, cut up (baby romas or cherry tomatoes are my favorite)
Red wine vinegar
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
I mix 2 T. vinegar and 2 T. olive oil and then add a splash more of the vinegar. I also add a bit of salt. I use about 1/3 of the dressing and then save the rest for later.
Our former neighbor made something similar with tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, lime, salt, cilantro and olive oil. I LOVE her salad.
Thanks for the new recipe, I’m looking forward to making it. We ate a lot of cucumber and tomatos (in salads, sandwiches, etc.) while on a trip to Israel.
YUMMY! Can’t wait to try it. I love everything in it. Thanks! Say hi to my sister for me. Tell her I love her. How did she get out of school???? Lucky girl! Tell her to call me.
Hmmm…. How DID your sister get out of school????? We’ve been looking everywhere for her here at CVSCS :>)
Your posting is making me hungry! Yum…it looks really good and I will have to try it.
Love, love, love that movie (hoping Santa will put it in my stocking). Julia’s biography is wonderful also (read it right after seeing the movie). She was an amazing woman with an amazing life. That salad is wonderful and I could eat stuff like that 24/7. Thank you for posting it.
I make the same thing but use greek vinagrette instead, so yummy and perfect for in the summer!
I love salad so I will try this one this week end and give you a full report
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