{"id":204,"date":"2010-01-27T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islandrooster.net\/dev\/food\/index.php\/2010\/01\/27\/simple-tomato-and-grapefruit-salad\/"},"modified":"2015-06-08T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T13:41:53","slug":"simple-tomato-and-grapefruit-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/index.php\/2010\/01\/27\/simple-tomato-and-grapefruit-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Tomato and Grapefruit Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the summer months we have a LOT of barbecues. I vary the meat but find it hard to create new delicious salads with the basic fruits and veges that I can buy at our local store.<br \/>\nI had a ruby grapefruit in the fruit bowl that has been sitting there for a while and some tomatoes which were a bit pale, so I thought I&#8217;d make a salad from these. But what would I add to make it a bit more &#8216;special&#8217;? <br \/>\nRemembering that some basil seeds planted a few months ago actually developed into basil plants, I thought I&#8217;d use some fresh torn basil leaves.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tomato and Grapefruit Salad<\/b><br \/>\n2 tomatoes<br \/>\n<b> <\/b>1 ruby grapefruit<br \/>\n6 basil leaves<br \/>\nFrench Dressing (I used my <a href=\"http:\/\/islandrooster.net\/dev\/food\/index.php\/2010\/01\/29\/lemon-mustard-salad-dressing\/\">home-made dressing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Cut tomatoes in half and slice. Then cut each of the halved sliced tomatoes in half again. Peel and slice grapefruit in the same way so that you have sliced &#8216;quarters&#8217;.<br \/>\nSpread into a shallow glass dish. Top with torn basil leaves and drizzle dressing over the top. Leave to marinate for an hour or so.<\/p>\n<p>I forgot to take a photo before this was all devoured!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the summer months we have a LOT of barbecues. I vary the meat but find it hard to create new delicious salads with the basic fruits and veges that I can buy at our local store. I had a ruby grapefruit in the fruit bowl that has been sitting there for a while and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/index.php\/2010\/01\/27\/simple-tomato-and-grapefruit-salad\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[175],"tags":[93,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-side-dishes","7":"tag-salad","8":"tag-tomato","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbQORu-3i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193,"url":"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/index.php\/2010\/02\/25\/cucumber-salad\/","url_meta":{"origin":204,"position":0},"title":"Cucumber Salad","date":"February 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"My friend's husband has the most wonderful vegetable garden, he's a real green thumb, unlike me. 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