Actually I have this dish quite frequently — it’s one of my favorite warm weather snacks (or meals, if you eat enough of it!). It’s easy to make, cold, very digestable, and tasty:
Tom’s Hot Weather Food
Ingredients:
— one or two (depending on size) good eating tomatoes, chilled
— one can of chilled garbanzo beans, best quality you can get (they vary widely)
— half cup or so of frozen corn (optional)
— two or three tbsps of tarragon — fresh if possible, finely minced just before use; otherwise dried whole leaves powdered just before use. This is important!
— two or three tbsps of good olive oil (don’t be cheap here!)
— splash of basalmic vinegar (optional)
— fresh ground pepper and salt to taste
Prepare the tarragon, salt, and pepper in the bottom of a bowl large enough to hold the entire concoction. Then cover with the olive oil and mix thoroughly. Set aside (or make in advance; you’ll get even more of that lovely tarragon flavor). Dice the tomatoes into eatin' sized chunks. Throw the tomatoes into a strainer to drain them. Dump the garbanzos out of the can on top of them, to drain them too. Dump the whole mess into the bowl with the olive oil and spices. Throw in the corn, if you want it. Splash a little basalmic vinegar onto it, if that sounds good. Mix it all up. Eat it.
I just finished this meal…yum! And now I’m headed off for a nice, big glass of cabernet…
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