Panzanella Salad

A classic Italian bread salad thats great for summer is Panzanella Salad. It has stale bread, ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and fresh basil. A simple dressing of olive oil and red wine vinegar is used to wrap it all up. This salad shows off the flavors of the Mediterranean and is a great way to use up leftover bread.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of stale bread cubes
• 4 ripe tomatoes, diced
• 1 cucumber, sliced
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, torn
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Dice the tomatoes, slice the cucumber, thinly slice the red onion, and torn up the basil leaves

Put them all in a large bowl

Mix the extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar with a whisk in a small bowl

Pour the dressing over the salad and mix it all together

Dress the bread so that it soaks it up

Add salt and pepper to the salad as needed

Allow the salad to sit for around 15 minutes so that the flavors can mix

Panzanella Salad is a nice side dish or light meal that you can serve