Balsamic Marinated Vegetables & Fruits Salad

• 1 cucumber, seeded and dried with paper towels
• 14 cup red onion
• 1 orange, seeded
• 1 granny smith apple, cored (or your favourite)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 roma tomatoes
• 12 green bell pepper, seeded
• balsamic vinegar, to taste
• fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
• 12 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced into rounds
• 1 banana, peeled and sliced into rounds
• kosher salt
• fresh basil, chopped
• parmesan cheese, grated

1. Combine in a large plastic bowl with a lid the cucumber through green bell pepper.
2. Add splashes of vinegar and pepper - to taste, don't soak ( the fruit and vegetable juices will draw out during marinating ).
3. Marinate at room temperature or chill for 4 hours - turning bowl over after 2 hours to mix.
4. Drain off some of the marinade if too wet ( you don't want a very soupy salad ).
5. Gently fold in the strawberries and banana.
6. Spoon into salad bowls.
7. Add salt if desired, sprinkle with fresh basil and parmesan cheese.

cucumber, red onion, orange, granny smith apple, garlic, roma tomatoes, green bell pepper, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, fresh strawberries, banana, kosher salt, fresh basil, parmesan cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/balsamic-marinated-vegetables-fruits-salad-49498 (may not work)