Tomatoes Attack

Friend's birthday today. We celebrated by having dinner by the river last night.

The salad served by the restaurant was really good. Inspired, I went grocery-shopping today to create my own salad meal.

The result was quite ok. Perhaps it was cos I was so hungry that I wolfed it down (spent quite some time preparing).

I'm sharing this with you sis in case you feel inspired to create your own :)

Ta-da!!! My creation - Plum with sundried tomato salad. Doesn't it look yummy? LK sez it looks like grass :P

Ingredients:
- Iceberg lettuce (4-5 leaves)
- Mixed leaves of rocket, snow pea spouts, radicchio, red oak leaf lettuce (50g -100g)
- Fresh Plum (1)
- Fresh tomato (1)
- Sundried tomatoes (5 pieces)
- Italian dressing a sprinkle

The sundried tomatoes were really yummy... (They are the little red pieces you see in the salad pix. I cut them up cos they were too chunky and chewy whole). I've never tried sundried tomatoes before and they were introduced by a friend. I'd no idea that they could taste this good.

I'm officially into my Tomato Phase now.

5 facts I learnt about tomatoes today.
1) Tomatoes are a rich source of Vit C
2) They're rich sources of lycopene (a carotenoid with cancer-fighting properties) as well.
3) Tomatoes are more healthful cooked than it is raw!
4) Our body absorbs more lycopene from cooked or processed tomatoes
5) Sundried tomatoes are usually plum tomatoes

Interesting resource with more info on tomatoes here.

Knowing me, I'm so going to gorge myself silly with tomatoes for this coming week, after which I'd probably move on to something else.