Tomato salad

Last weekend one of my husband's colleagues brought us a bunch of Vermont home-grown tomatoes and jalapeno peppers. In celebration I made the theme of the weekend a little Vermont tomato fest.

If you have never eaten local tomatoes, you must go to the nearest farmers' market and get hold of some. They are not comparable to the supermarket stuff.

We also had some mint growing in the back yard, so the first dish I made was a simple tomato salad.

Ingredients
2-3 large tomatoes
3 stalks of fresh mint leaves
pinch of salt
pinch of black pepper
0.5 tbsp rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar

Preparation
Wash and slice or dice the tomatoes. Sprinkle with the vinegar, salt, black pepper and chopped mint leaves. Mix and allow to marinade for 15 minutes.

You can do this with tomato slices, and use them for burgers. Simply superb!