I always thought gazpacho salad had corn in it. Since I am eating grain free, I assumed I couldn’t have it. However, in doing a little research, it seems that is totally wrong!
Gazpacho is a Spanish soup normally served cold according to dictionary.com. It has all the same ingredients that my salad has, except it is thickened with bread crumbs. Not sure where I got the corn theme from!
Anyways, this salad is a good use of summer produce! Tomatoes, peppers, cucumber and fresh basil – doesn’t get much better than that!
Gazpacho Salad
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2 cups cherry tomatoes (about 1 pound)
1 cucumber, diced
3 celery stalks, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced, or a handful mini peppers
1/4 red onion, minced (about 1/2 cup)
1 tbsp garlic infused olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/2 lemon, juiced
salt/pepper to taste
1/4 cup fresh basil, cut in a chiffonade
In a large bowl, combine the veggies (tomatoes, cucumber, celery, pepper, and red onion). Stir to combine carefully. So many colors!
In another small bowl, combine the dressing – olive oil, vinegar, lemon and salt and pepper.
If you haven’t made MJ’s garlic infused olive oil, you must!! It is so good, and really adds to the flavor of this salad! I paid over $15 for a bottle of garlic infused olive oil when I could have made it myself!! (still slapping myself over that one!!)
Pour the dressing over the salad, and stir to combine. Top with the basil. Refrigerate for a few hours before serving to let the flavors combine.
I must admit … the basil is the only part of this salad I grew myself! But that is some pretty awesome basil!
I really loved the sweet little yellow tomatoes – so good! You can mix up the colors of this however you want – I used yellow tomatoes, so I used red peppers… if you use red tomatoes, you could use green peppers – or keep all the colors the same if you want!
Have a great day!
This is linked to Fat Tuesday, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Fit and Fabulous Fridays, and Summer Salad Sundays.
None of the things to make this salad are ripe in our garden either, Jane. Except for the basil. Doesn’t it smell wonderful? Been on a bit of a salad kick lately. Thank you for another recipe to add to my repertoire!
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I know, same here. Hopefully soon! It really was tasty!
What a great Gazpacho Salad and I especially love your dressing.
Truly, I love all of the fresh ingredients. It really speaks summer! Thanks so much for the shoutout on the garlic oil! It definitely is a money saver and I think it’s better than anything you could buy. So glad you like it!
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Thanks MJ
I love the garlic oil!! I’ve been using it is everything, it really brings out the garlic flavor, and who wouldn’t love that??
so simple, yet so delicious!!!
Exactly! I love making things like this
It looks so pretty. I have been thinking about making some infused oils for dressings, I just need to get some jars.
Rhonda recently posted..Best Thing I Ever Ate – Salsa
I just keep all my glass jars … pasta sauce, olives, everything! I’m a jar addict
Hmmm, apparently I’ve never really gazpacho soup, as I had a hand-me-down family recipe…but definitely no bread involved. Just broth, garlic, tomato and cucumber. You do have some awesome basil! I’ve been lazy about keeping mine trimmed, so it’s all gone to seed except a few sad leaves that I keep stealing for pasta sauce
Allie recently posted..Simple Times
I think everyone makes their own version of everything, so probably nothing is authentic anymore! I love basil! I just bought another plant cause the stuff I planted from seed wasn’t doing so well….
Ohh, I should just buckle down and do the same thing–buy another young plant. Mine’s just an old dude that’s seen better days.
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This is a beautiful healthy salad. My fresh gazpacho soup has no corn as well.
This a great way to reflect the dog days of summer.
Velva
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Thanks Velva! I will have to try gazpacho soup .. definitely perfect for summer!
I love that you made this into a salad and not a cold soup. As much as I love the ingredients in gazpacho theres something weird about eating cold soup… it reminds me to much of eating salsa with out a chip and that is to weird for me! LOL
Lauren @ Part Time House Wife recently posted..Refreshing Lemon~LimeADE Slushie
I agree! I never got into the cold soup thing!!
I love the salad idea instead of soup!! Perfect for hot days like we have been having!
Brittany (Delights and Delectables) recently posted..Roots and Ramblings
Thanks! For sure – I can’t even think of cold soup right now!
What a perfect summer salad. And yes, I need ideas for vegetables. My crisper runneth over.
Lea Ann recently posted..Orange Spiced Pork Tacos
I know, right? Mine isn’t running over yet, but I’m sure it will be soon!
Yummy, this is so summery! I love dishes that make the most of seasonal ingredients. Thanks for sharing this with Summer Salad Sundays, look forward to seeing you again soon!
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Congratulations! I have chosen your salad as one of my featured salads this week! I have tweeted it, pinned it and shared it on my Facebook page. It will be featured on Summer Salad Sundays this coming Sunday. Thanks for linking up and I hope to see you again soon!
Thanks so much Debbie!