Tomato and Goats Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing

In this recipe, sun-ripened tomatoes, red onion, goat’s cheese and kalamata olives are drizzled in a homemade balsamic vinegar dressing for a quick and easy salad.

It’s officially Spring, and what a better Spring-time lunch is there than a lovely tomato, red onion and goats cheese salad?

Make sure your tomatoes are at their peak ripeness and room temperature for optimum taste.

Tomato and goat’s cheese salad with a balsamic dressing.

In this recipe, sun-ripened tomatoes, red onion, goat's cheese and kalamata olives are drizzled in a homemade balsamic vinegar dressing for a quick and easy salad.

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: Italian

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 233kcal

Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

for the salad

• ▢ 6 fresh ripe tomatoes
• ▢ 1 small red onion thinly sliced
• ▢ 1/2 cup kalamata olives
• ▢ 100 grams goat's cheese
• ▢ freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ Shetland sea salt

for the balsamic dressing

• ▢ 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• ▢ 3 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 1 sprig fresh thyme leaves only
• ▢ 1 clove garlic finely chopped
• ▢ 5 fresh basil leaves torn
• ▢ freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ Shetland sea salt

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Equipment

1 knife

1 small bowl

1 measuring spoons

1 whisk

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Instructions 

• Thinly slice your red onion and place in serving bowls.
• Halve or thickly slice your room-temperature tomatoes and arrange on top of the sliced red onion.
• Top with the kalamata olives and goat's cheese.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Combine 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 sprig fresh thyme (leaves only), 1 clove garlic, finely chopped and season with freshly ground black pepper and Shetland sea salt, to taste. Whisk together.
• Pour the dressing over your salad and garnish with 5 fresh basil leaves, torn.

Nutrition

Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 367mg | Potassium: 502mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1900IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 73mg | Iron: 1mg

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