Herbed Cherry Tomato Salad with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Juicy-sweet cherry tomatoes and 3 different kinds of herbs go deliciously together in this light, tasty summer salad. A quick buttermilk ranch dressing on top adds the perfect finishing touch!

I have another veggie (fruit?) to add to my list of garden overload. Cherry tomatoes.

My offer still stands for those who need a few extra veggies. I’m currently in use-everything-up-and-use-it-up-FAST mode.

My kitchen counters have become Sarah’s Farmers Market. And it’s open 24/7—NOT just the weekends.

You guys should totally come over and hang out. ‘Heck, not only will I give you free veggies, but I’ll feed ‘ya my summer favs too!

More than likely I will break out a salad. There’s a 99.9% chance. 🙂

Salads have been a main food group around here the past few weeks. ZERO complaints from this gal! You all should know by now that I’m a total salad-freak. 😉

As of lately I’m a cherry tomato-freak too. Somehow those sneaky little tomatoes find their way into most my daily meals. For breakfast, they sometimes end up in an omelette. I couldn’t even imagine my lunch without cherry tomatoes and cottage cheese. And oh, the things that they get thrown into at dinner time. 😀

I think my family is starting to get annoyed with my cherry tomato craze. Maybe it was those cherry tomato brownies that threw them off…

KIDDING. I would never go that far. Promise.

HOWEVER. This salad? Everyone went nuts-o over it, EXCEPT Rachel, who has sworn off tomatoes because they’re “yucky.”

But the funniest part is that she always mixes up tomatoes with potatoes.

Rachel: “Sarah, I don’t like that salad because it has POTATOES in it and potatoes are yucky.” 

Me: “TOM-atoes, Rachel.”

Rachel: I know! Potatoes! They’re yucky!

Sigh. Whatever you say, Rach.

I don’t know how anyone could resist a salad as fresh and gorgeous as this. Cherry tomatoes are pretty much the best thing ever amiright? Toss ’em with some fresh herbs…..

Dress ’em with some Ranch….

And you’ve got your newest lover right in front of your face. Or IN your face in my case. 😀

*Cue faceplanting*

Your lunchtime NEEDS this salad. You know it does. 😉

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Herbed Cherry Tomato Salad with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Juicy-sweet cherry tomatoes and 3 different kinds of herbs go deliciously together in this light, tasty summer salad. A quick buttermilk ranch dressing on top adds the perfect finishing touch!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 4 -6 servings

Ingredients

• SALAD:
• 6 cups halved cherry tomatoes
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley minced
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro minced
• 1/3 cup fresh basil minced
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• DRESSING:
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Instructions

• Prepare the salad: In a large bowl, combine all salad ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Prepare the dressing: Place all dressing ingredients in a food processor and pulse several times until smooth.
• Drizzle dressing over individual servings of salad and serve.

Notes

Store salad in refrigerator up to 2 days

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