Watermelon - Tomato Salad

[shipperx]

With summer here, tomatoes are ripening.   This little yellow heirloom cherry tomato (sun sugar) has been a particularly good producer so far (and a really tasty one).

After spending WAY too much time over the years watching Top Chef and Chopped and seeing them use watermelon in ways I hadn't thought of, I decided to experiment a little (and resort to google).  Turns out watermelon and tomato make an awesome combo.   So, recently I've been making variations of this salad/chutney a lot and pairing it with grilled chicken or steak.

Watermelon-Tomato Salad

• 3 or 4 small to medium heirloom tomatoes cut into chunks (or 7 or 9 halved cherry tomatoes)


• (optional) 1 small English or regular cucumber, peeled,  cut into cubes


• An equal amount of seedless watermelon flesh, cut to the same size as the tomatos and cucumber


• 1 tablespoon (preferably fresh) herb of choice (basil, tarragon, cilantro, or mint)


• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil


• 2 tablespoons white balsalmic vinegar


• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Combine in bowl, toss together, best served cold (so it's quite nice on a hot summer day)

You can add avocado if you want to make it richer and heavier to be a meal on its own.

Comments

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Barb makes something like this quite a bit with our fresh grapefruit instead of watermelon (with the avocado) -- it's delicious! I have to try it with the watermelon.