Recipe: Simple Chopped Salad

In all its colorful glory, here is my Simple Chopped Salad. This dish is easy to make, and could even have some fresh herbs tossed into it for variation on the theme. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup each chopped yellow, red and orange pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped tomato
• 1/4 lemon
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• Sprinkling of kosher salt
• Generous sprinkling of freshly ground pepper

Directions:

Combine all of the vegetables in a medium bowl. Squeeze the lemon over the vegetables, then drizzle with olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper, then stir together and serve.

Serves 2.

This recipe was written by Mary Bilyeu and originally posted on AnnArbor.com on June 29, 2011.