Roman Summer Salad!!!

Ok... so summer is officially here!  Yuck!  Double Yuck!  Today will be a whopping 104 in sunny California and it's only going to get hotter as the week goes by!  Gag!  To top it off... our air conditioner decided to take a poop last night, leaving us with a super hot house... go figure right?  Which leads me to this recipe I am going to share today.  One of our favorite meals is to throw some chicken on the BBQ, and make this salad.  No heating up the kitchen!  Yay, that's always good!  It's quite tasty as well.

Roman Summer Salad

2 Heirloom Tomato's (We've used regular ones too)

1/2 cup sliced black olives

1/2 cup sliced green olives

1 Chopped Garlic Clove

3 Chopped Anchovies

2 Tbsp Capers

8 Julienned Basil Leaves

Black Pepper

2 Tbsp Olive Oil

Balsamic Vinegar

Place some balsamic vinegar in a saucepan and simmer to reduce to a syrup and set aside.  Just an FYI... we make up a big batch and store it in a container so we don't have to do this step each time we need it.  It's just a basic Balsamic reduction.  Slice Tomato's and set aside.  Mix Olives, Garlic, Anchovies, Capers, Basil, Black Pepper and Olive oil in a bowl.  Top sliced Tom's with mixture and drizzle balsamic reduction on top!  Yummmmy!  

Have a great weekend all!  Stay Cool!