Tomato salad – plus an 12WBT update
Wow, almost a week into the 12wbt program and still going strong… 
I had a bit of a hard time the first couple of days adjusting to the food intake, which is – of course – considerably lower then what I used to eat (which was waaayyy too much!) but the combination of sports and the nutrition plan is working really well. I am sticking to the recipes mostly for now, as that just makes it easier to follow the program and get into the swing of things, but it’s not rocket science and I think I should have no issue continuing with healthy recipes on my own at some point. This delicious tomato salad is one example of a light and satisfying meal you could have. If you want you could add little bits of feta or goatcheese in it, or maybe some blue cheese would be really tasty as well!
Now the sports…. I have always been a fairly sporty girl so what happens is that my heart and lungs are progressing to a fit level way faster then my muscles and tendons. Always a tricky situation as I have to be really careful not to overdo it. I am – after all – 30 kgs 25 kgs overweight, so that does put a strain on everything. Mish is telling us to workout 6 days a week but I just vary it a bit to not make it too heavy for myself. Once my legs are stronger I can always increase it when I want to. I do stick to the 6 days as it’s all about making a habit out of your exercise!
Gizmo is enjoying some outdoors activity too!
Now on to this salad; it’s simple yet incredibly tasty, provided you use good ripe and tasty tomatoes. We do have a lot of very bland and unappealing ones in the supermarket but I was in Amsterdam and got myself a large variety of tomatoes in all shapes, colors and sizes. Each one has a different flavor, from a green tigertomato to the intensly sweet little honey tomatoes. LOVE tomatoes! I do think I’m going to have to grow them in my own garden but we don’t have too much sunshine in the garden so that might be a little challenge. Anyway, mix the tomatoes with a little bit of cucumber pieces and add some fresh herbs to your taste (chives, parsley, basil and cilantro all work nicely)
Created by MyFitnessPal – Nutrition Facts For Foods
Tomato salad
Yield: 2
Total Time: 10 min
Ingredients:
- 500g tomatoes (Use different shapes, sizes and colors to make yr salad pop)
- sprig cilantro (coriander, leaves only)
- 1 lemon (juiced)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar (or another nice vinegar)
- black pepper
- seasalt
- 1/2 cucumber
Directions:
| Wash the cucumber and slice lengthwise. Chop the halves into smaller slices. Wash all the tomatoes and slice or chop them into various different sizes. The more shapes, sizes and colours you use the better your salad will look. Plus the tastes are all different, adding more variety to your salad too. Squeeze the lemon and mix with the olive oil and the vinegar to make a vinaigrette. Taste and adjust to your liking. Also adding salt and pepper to the dressing at this point. |
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| Put cucumber and all tomatoes into a large bowl and mix well with the dressing. Toss it around until all tomatoes are covered in a little bit of the dressing. taste again and add pepper and/or salt if needed. add some cilantro through the tomatoes if you like. Chives would also be really good with the tomatoes or basil ofcourse. |
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A lovely salad! So colorful and tasty. I love heirloom tomatoes.
Cheers,
Rosa
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What a glorious salad, those colorful tomatoes are the superstars of summer as far as I’m concerned. I love your barrel of chives, I had one in our yard in New England and they survived all through the winter!
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Simone (junglefrog) — June 10th, 2012 at 22:54
Yes, ours survived the winter as well! They are pretty hardy as is the mint although that was not such a surprise (the barrel is filled with mint and chives..)
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Those tomatoes look delicious. So glad you’re having a success with your weight loss. That gives me more motivation to continue my own.
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Simone (junglefrog) — June 10th, 2012 at 22:53
LOl… yes, it’s a great program and I’m totally loving it. It’s rare that I’m still so motivated after more then a week now… That’s gotta be a good sign!
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I picked up some heirloom tomatoes and can’t wait to slice into them to see if they are tasty…or not. I would love to grow them too but worry about when I am gone for a week trying to keep my plant alive in this Texas heat. Good luck on your eating plan. All four of us are on one too. You can do it! I’ve dropped @ 10 lbs and have 6 more to go. These last six are tough but I just love all of the vegetables that we are learning to eat and cook.
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Simone (junglefrog) — June 10th, 2012 at 22:52
We certainly don’t get the heat that you guys in Texas have, in fact I think our tomatoes would be more at risk from too much water, but hey, I’m definitely gonna try and grow some too. Fantastic on your weightloss! And yes the last kilo’s tend to be the hardest although I’m not yet in sight of my last kilo’s! I wish!
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I love the zoomed out picture. I tend to do too many close ups. Good luck with your eating plan. You are brave to come and tell the world what you are doing, but that will probably help you in the end. And, the food you are eating looks way better than the terrible drive through food that puts the weight on people. (Although I know that’s now how you gained your weight; you eat great food).
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Simone (junglefrog) — June 10th, 2012 at 22:51
Lol… Yes it definitely helps telling the world that I’m on this plan as it keeps me motivated too! I don’t want to fall on my face in front of everyone (although I have done that in the past. O well, there is always a new day. Pretty determined this time!) And yes the food I’m eating is actually really good… But too much of a good thing… you know how it goes!
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This salad looks fantastic and healthy, I love that little green tomato. S ounds like you doing splendidly with the diet. Good job. And of course your photos are fantastic.
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You’ve lost 5 kg ? That is wonderful! The salad looks delicious, btw.
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I love green tomatoes. At times i just cut it in half, sprinkle some salt, pepper and at time(Indian chat masala) and that’s it! Simple and best
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Colorful salad….i wud love some goat cheese on it:)
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Simone (junglefrog) — June 10th, 2012 at 22:44
O yes that would most definitely be brilliant with some goat cheese on it!
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Nothing brightens my day more than seeing such wonderful, colourful tomatoes Simone! Glad to hear you’re sticking with the program!
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I also love those colourful heirloom to matoes! They are full of flavour & fun to play with!
Your tomato salad calls my name! Yum Yum Yum!
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Beautifuf heirloom tomatoes … Love it
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What a gorgeous seasonal salad!
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