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Ontario Garden Salad

This fresh-tasting salad features the pick of the crop from Ontario summer gardens. Marinating the vegetalbes in a simple vinaigrette adds extra flavour.

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: Not Available
Chilling Time: At least 2 hours

Servings: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
    Salad:
  • 3 medium Ontario Field Tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 1 medium Ontario Zucchini, thinly sliced
  • 1 medium Ontario Carrot, thinly sliced
  • 2 Ontario Green Onions, sliced
  • 1/2 cup (125 mL) Ontario Green Beans or Ontario Snow Peas
  • Ontario Lettuce

  • Dressing:
  • 1/3 cup (75 mL) vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp (25 mL) red or white wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp (15 mL) fresh chopped basil or 1/2 tsp (2 mL) dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
  • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
Preparation:

Salad:
Place tomatoes in shallow dish; top with zucchini, carrot and green onions.

Dressing: In jar with tight-fitting lid, shake together all ingredients until well blended. Pour dressing over salad. Cover and chill for several hours to allow flavours to blend.

Serve salad on lettuce leaves.