As planned, Dan and I made it down to the farmer’s market this Saturday. I know I say it each week, but Saturday mornings are my favorite! And this one didn’t let me down.
Because I had made the best iced coffee ever (recipe to come), we decided to skip out on grabbing a cup downtown… that way we would have our hands free and instead we could enjoy a glass of chilled coffee at home during breakfast.
Call me a weirdo, but I don’t drink coffee back to back, so if I know we’re getting a cup from a cafe, I will skip out at home and drink plain water with my breakfast.
I was so impressed with our farmer’s market bag! My mom got me this basket for Easter and each week I have forgotten to take it with us. Oh no, not this time though!
Thanks to smart Dan for hanging it on the door the night before. No way I was going to leave it behind.
We filled this thing to the brim! By far the best week in terms of staying on budget!
For $19, this is what ended up in our basket:
- Vidalia onions
- Beets
- Lettuce
- Wild Spinach
- Tuscan Kale (this is a new thing for us)
- Tomatoes (2 huge ones)
- Cucumbers (3)
- Eggplant
- Jalapeno Pepper
- Bell peppers (2)
In fact, since we had leftover cash we treated ourselves by stopping by the fruit bar. We had a late lunch planned so I thought this would tie us over.
Dan had a tropical smoothie, I had a “Radio Flyer Juice”. It was my first juice experience and I have to say I wasn’t a fan. I think it was a texture thing and that if it had been thicker like a smoothie instead of water, I would have enjoyed it more.
My juice included: beets, carrots, apple, and celery. It was alright… but I couldn’t finish it. I just kept looking up at Dan while he happily slurped up his thick shake wishing we could trade.
Summertime Marinated Tomatoes and Cucumbers
Then we headed home where I got straight down to business turning this:
Into this:
This is really easy!
This always makes me thing of being a kid. My mom would make this for me all the time and I would easily eat it all in a day! At least it’s healthy!
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This sounds wonderful. I have a lot of fresh garden produce, so I plan to try it tomorrow..
Thank you, and God Bless
This looks perfect!
I have a bucket-load(!) of the nicest, meatiest tomatoes ever, from my garden. Cucumbers… none yet! So, cucumbers and a sweet onion are from the store.
I’m going to make this today and enjoy a bowlful of summer tonight. Thank you so much for sharing a recipe that just cannot go wrong.
Thanks Maija! Enjoy
Mostly stuff we grow in or garden over the summer. Ill leave out oil. Sometimes cooking liquid for beans works here (idk if you’ve tried that). I will totally put a lil gingham top on these and bring as hostess gifts for gatherings <3
How long does this last for in the marinade ??thanks, deb b
Hey Deb, if you stick it in the fridge after about 4 hours you should be good to go. I often prep it in the morning and at dinner time it’s perfect.
Looks delish! I’m wondering how long this can be kept in the fridge. I understand it will be ready to eat in a few hours, but will it store well for days? weeks? longer??? In other words, does it keep like pickles would?
To be honest, the longest I have kept it for is 3 days, and it’s fine until them. I don’t know anything for after that length. Sorry.
Can’t wait for summer to try this!! Looks awesomely healthy and delish!!!
Do you use regular distilled vinegar or like White wine vinegar? Looks delish!
I normally just used distilled vinegar. It’s what my mom always used.
This is just what I’ll do tomorrow, going shopping. Thanks
I do a relish & sounds just like it with liquid exception & layering
Susan M J
Definitely give it a go!
We have made this since I was a little one, many moons ago. My family calls this “trash” salad. We use red wine vinegar and Good Seasons Italian dressing pack.
Love that! Trash Salad!
Let me start by saying YUM!!! Like you, my mom makes this, but I never had until now. I used medium sized jars because I dont have any large ones. In order to cover all the veggies I had to more than double the amount of liquid ingreds you listed for each. I tried using half the amount you listed since the jars i had were half the size and it only came about 2″ up the veggies. Other than that, great!!
Glad it came out well!
I am 70 years old and this recipe is something I have made all of my adult life and my mother before me! I was so surprised to see it here. We always added chopped jalapeno peppers to it. My family always called it “Uncle George’s Salad” because my dad’s uncle started the recipe in our family before I was even born (and that was quite awhile ago!) The story goes that Uncle George always said there was a ‘secret ingredient’ that he would not divulge. My mom always thought he put a little whiskey in with the vinegar… but we never knew for sure, and my mom never tried that. I was so delighted to see the recipe here to be shared with everyone. It’s a delicious treat.
That’s such a fun story! My great grandmother always made it during the summer for my mom, when we started growing tomatoes as a kid it was the first thing she made for us. My mom and i would eat all of it in a day or two! Gotta try a splash of whiskey! Thanks for sharing your story.
It looks like something I want to make often. I just was wondering if you left out any liquid ingredient like some water? You show 2 jars with liquid in one of your pictures and the marinade fills up the jar of veggies. The amount of vinegar you have is 1/2 cup with a little olive oil & honey but it’s not enough to fill up the jar with the veggies. Please let me know so I can make this. Thanks.
Yes, fill the rest up with water!
I think this look great, hoping to try it this week. I was thinking, if we like it as much as I think we will, that I would make up a bunch of jars to have on hand. Do you think it would “can” well?
Yes I do!
I just have to ask, can you taste the honey in this? I’m dying to make this after my trip to the farmer’s market today, but I do NOT like honey! Thanks!
Oh wait, I read the recipe wrong. There’s only a 1/2 tsp. of honey, so I don’t think it would be really strong enough to taste it right?
Correct. It’s very slight. You can use a different sweetener if you prefer.
this is awesome, adding bell pepper is great as well!
Do you think I can make this without the olive oil?
Yes!
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