A simple tomato salad

Spring is here, that time of the year, when everyone starts feeling positive and sunny from inside. The dull cold weather is gone and sun shines through the bright yellow daffodils and vibrant tulips! The air smells sweet and so do the fresh spring vegetables :) I have been making my favourite salad over and over this month, just can't have enough :) This salad tastes good on its own but delicious on toasties or toasted pita pockets!! Here is what you need:
Toasties:
You can buy them in stores or toast a regular bread, the ones I like are made from a nice sour dough bread. I cut the sour dough bread into thin slices, add a splash of olive oil and bake in the in oven till they are crisp or about 10 mins. Alternatively the good ol' toaster is just fine. Then rub garlic on the toasts to give it that amazing garlic flavour and set them aside to rest.


Salad:

1. 2 medium size tomatoes
2. half of a large cucumber or 2 small
3. 2 spring onions
4. 1 small clove of garlic
5. some chives (optional)
6. some mint / basil leaves or whatever you can fine. Coriander goes well too
7. Olive Oil
8. Half a lemon or lime
9. Salt and Pepper to taste

I wish I could say, lets get cooking :) but there is absolutely no cooking invovled in this, all you do is some rough chopping and tossing everything together:

1. Chop the garlic very finely or crush it with a pinch of salt.
2. Cut all the veggies about the same size, toss everything in a roomy bowl. Its always nice to make salads in big bowls, give you a lot of room to dress them.
3. Add a good glug of olive oil and squeeze in the lime. Make it as tangy as you like. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle roughly chopped mint leaves on top and there you have it the most excelletn salad in minutes!

Load the salad generously over the toasties or put them in toasted pita pockets with some feta cheese.. I like a spread of humous on the toast and then load the salad up. I promise you this will the best thing you have ever eaten!!