{"id":1902,"date":"2017-08-02T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2017-07-09T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T17:13:40","slug":"chopped-summer-salad-tomato-cucumber-radish-basil-pink-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/chopped-summer-salad-tomato-cucumber-radish-basil-pink-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopped Summer Salad (Tomato, Cucumber, Radish, Basil, Pink Beans)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #db5700\">Nothing says fresh flavor better than a quick summer chopped salad using farm-fresh ingredients picked that morning. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #db5700\">We were heading to an afternoon BBQ and wanted to bring something easy but delicious \u2026 and so this salad was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Just-Picked Chopped Tomato, Cucumber, Radish, Basil, Pink Beans Chopped Salad\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4fhAm3MsYI?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Variations of this could include adding some feta cheese, or using cilantro\/lime combo instead of basil\/lemon combo for more of a salsa feel. Anyway you chop it you will be so happy you did. If you are lucky enough to have leftovers, refrigerate and enjoy over several days with the flavors intensifying in a very pleasing way.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients (party-sized to fit half a watermelon shell, adjust as needed \u2013 this is a very forgiving recipe):<\/p>\n<p>4-5 large Ripe Tomato<br \/>\n5-6 Pickling Cucumbers<br \/>\n10 Small Radishes<br \/>\nBasil bunch<br \/>\nCan of Pink Beans (or kidney beans, chickpeas)<br \/>\nOlive oil (quarter-cup or more to taste)<br \/>\nWhite balsamic vinegar (quarter-cup or more to taste)<br \/>\nJuice of half a lemon<br \/>\nSalt and Pepper to taste (we used 1\/4 teaspoon of both as a starting point)<br \/>\nWatermelon shell (for easy serving at a party)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><br \/>\nWash veggies well including the basil (which you can blot or spin dry).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><br \/>\nChop, chop, chop \u2026 tomatoes, cucumbers into chunky bite sized pieces. Trim and slice thin pieces of radish. \u00a0Combine in a big bowl using care to not lose the tomato liquid from chopping (so much flavor there).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><br \/>\nRemove basil leaves from stems then using a scissors to cut the basil into strips and add to veggies in the bowl.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Step 4:<\/strong><br \/>\nRinse canned beans to reduce starch, drain and add to chopped veggies. Mix well to distribute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong><br \/>\nMake the dressing by mixing oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.\u00a0 We started with 1\/4 teaspoon salt and pepper and adjusted after 10 minutes to taste adding more as needed. \u00a0If you need more vinegar or oil add it but as this salad sits more juice is released from the tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong><br \/>\nTransfer veggie salad to hollowed watermelon half (and if you are adventurous you can even add some of the watermelon to the salad)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing says fresh flavor better than a quick summer chopped salad using farm-fresh ingredients picked that morning. We were heading to an afternoon BBQ and wanted to bring something easy but delicious \u2026 and so this salad was born. Variations of this could include adding some feta cheese, or using cilantro\/lime combo instead of basil\/lemon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/chopped-summer-salad-tomato-cucumber-radish-basil-pink-beans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chopped Summer Salad (Tomato, Cucumber, Radish, Basil, Pink Beans)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5,9],"tags":[71,69,26,72,70,16],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizer","category-salad","category-side-dish","tag-basil","tag-cucumber","tag-gazy-brothers-farm","tag-pink-beans","tag-radish","tag-tomato"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1908,"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gazybrothersfarm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}