About that fresh basil….

So my basil has been growing so beautifully…. today as I sat in traffic driving home, I found my happy place and thought about what to do in my kitchen with all of that beautiful basil.

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I always have seafood in my freezer… it thaws in minutes under cold water.  Hmmm….I could literally pull together something great in 30 or 40 minutes including thawing time.    I decided to make a very simple tomato and onion salad with fresh basil to top some gorgeously fried flounder fillets.  The outcome… just dreamy.

IMG_4548Side note… I prefer to use coconut oil or vegetable shortening here so that my house doesn’t reek of fried fish all night.

Oh yeah… I served it with super sweet corn …

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……and some corn fritters I threw together pretty quickly.   Technically, I can call the fritters vegetables since they were filled with corn and onions, right? Not so much…?

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The Salad…

12-15 small variety tomatoes (small heirloom, grape, cherry – whatever)

1/2 Vidalia Onion sliced thinly (mine were sliced as thin as I could manage after working a long day)

Splash of Aged Balsamic Vinegar

Splash of Olive Oil

Generous amount of Salt and Pepper to taste

Then tear in 8 or more large fresh basil leaves

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I hope you’ll try this salad as a beautiful summer side or along side some crunchy tortilla chips.

If you do, let me know how it goes!

Are you growing anything this summer?

 

2 Replies to “About that fresh basil….”

  1. Thanks for the suggestion regarding how to prevent a fishy odor in the kitchen after frying fish. I know from first hand experience that the fish was great, however, I missed the salad. Thanks for sharing the delicious sounding recipe.

    I am currently growing tomatoes, basil and green peppers.

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