Farmers Market recipe

My family took a trip to our local farmers market.  Its definitely harvest season here, right now.  We found so many colorful veggies.  I bought some heirloom tomatoes in yellow and purple, and some beautiful red, yellow and purple peppers.  Along with red and white radishes as big as my daughters fist, and some other yummy foods, including baked goods and jam from our local baker at Karens Kitchen.

Some of my veggies were placed in the fridge, but I never ever refrigerate tomatoes.  It changes the texture and flavor greatly.  So I had to think of a recipe to come up with quick.

Heirloom tomato salad.

3 large heirloom tomatoes. any color you wish ( i used yellow and purple)
2 peppers any color ( I used purple and red)
1 small onion
Half of a cucumber
1\4 cup of italian dressing
1 tsp of dried basil (or a big handful of fresh)
light dusting of garlic powder (not garlic salt)
1\2 tsp of red pepper flakes
and salt and pepper to taste.

You can chop this big or dice it small.  I diced it small because I have 3 girls, two of which can be picky when it comes to tomatoes.  When you dice it small, they can really pick out which veggie is what, and have no choice but to take spoonfuls of all the veggies together.  If your serving it to adults I would probably cut it into bigger pieces.

Dice all the veggies, and add the dressing and spices. Stir gently and let it soak in the juices for about a half an hour.  Please dont refrigerate before serving, you will thank me.