Anne's Summer Salad
- 3 small eggplant
- 1/2 each green bell peppers
- 1 large tomatoes
- 3 large celery stalks
- 3 small new potatoes
- 12 each black olives
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 each garlic cloves minced
- 1 dash black pepper
- 1 dash basil dried
- EGGPLANT & PEPPERS: Peel, slice eggplants.
- Place in colander and salt lightly.
- Let stand 1/2 hour.
- Preheat grill*.
- Grill eggplant slices and green pepper.
- (Eggplant should be lightly browned and outer green pepper skin charred).
- Place green pepper in paper bag, let stand 1/2 hour.
- peel green pepper under running water.
- Dice eggplant slices and green pepper.
- Place in large bowl.
- POTATO: Boil potatoes until tender (about 10 minutes).
- Cool.
- peel, dice and place in bowl with other vegetables.
- OTHER VEGETABLES: Peel, seed and chop tomato.
- Chop celery.
- Slice pitted black olives.
- Put tomatoes, celery and olives in bowl.
- Mix well.
- DRESSING: Mix olive oil, vinegar, garlic, pepper and basil.
- Pour over vegetables in bowl.
- Toss well.
- Let marinate at room temperature at least 1/2 hour and then put in fridge.
- Toss and stir occasionally.
eggplant, green bell peppers, tomatoes, celery stalks, potatoes, black olives, olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, black pepper, basil
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/annes-summer-salad-3536 (may not work)