Basil Salad

Summer is in full swing and so is my garden. This means garden tomatoes at every meal. I think I may have died and gone to heaven. It is glorious. Another thing it means is basil. There is nothing better than fresh basil and fresh tomatoes. I may not like Italian food, but they sure did figure out a few good things and putting tomatoes and basil together is one of them.

This is a great, simple, and easy way to use a lot of tomatoes and a lot of basil when your garden has reached full capacity. Not to mention it is delicious. Even my one year old loves this dish. But then again, we have yet to find anything edible he doesn't like. I take that back. He was not into his birthday cake. I felt cheated. I was hoping for frosting all over the place. Nope. he would poke at the frosting and then just pushed it off his tray.

The thing about this recipe is that it is what I like to call a "dump" recipe. In that, you just dump everything in a bowl, stir, taste, and adjust as needed. There are no measurements. For that, I apologize, but for the most part, that is how I cook, with the exception of baking. When I am making a recipe I am going to share, I consciously try to measure things so I can give accurate recipes. But for this one, it is 100% dump it all in, mix, taste, adjust as needed. Sorry.

Ingredients

Fresh Basil, a lot, roughly chopped

Fresh Tomatoes (I used 5 or 6)

1 cucumber, diced

1 can or 1.5 c cooked garbanzo beans