This rustic summer salad breathes new life into leftover bread and elevates the vibrant flavors of juicy tomatoes, refreshing cucumbers, and sweet onions. Buon appetito!
Ingredients:
Bread: fresh or stale! I used Ciabatta
3 or 4 ripe tomatoes
1/2 to 1 sweet onion such as Vidalia
1 large or 2 small cucumbers
1/4 cup or more of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt to taste
Basil to garnish
Notes: Personally, I omit vinegar as tomatoes are already rather acidic. You may add vinegar if you would like it to be tangier.
Filming and Video Editing by Francesca Sacco
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43 Comments
Lovely salad. I use my tostapane toaster for the bread and add a spritz of wine vinegar with the oil. Love your videos.
Those tomatoes looked so good! We make it but we cube up the bread. It really captures all of the goodness of the summer ingredients. Beautiful poodles!
Hi Giovanna
It looks very easy and delicious I'll try it at lunch today.😊
And Hi Howard 👋
You both look so wonderful.💕💕
Yum!
Can’t wait to make this for friends
Wow! That looks so yummy! Thanks for posting again! 😊
I worked at a pizza place that was ran by a Sicilian family.
The owners could barely speak a word of English.
The mother made two things (out of the innumerable delicious meals she made) that I couldn't get enough of.
One was somewhere between soup and pasta and it had small pieces of spaghetti, hamburger, potatoes and I know there was cinnamon maybe peas. Delicious.
The other was a pizza she made around the holidays that had somekind of anchovie sauce and a very different dough from the pizzas they sold.
If you know either of these and would find them to be a good video, I would love instructions on making them.
I really like your channel. Thank you.
Looks delicious!❤
Beautiful!
Oh, Giovanna, it’s so wonderful to see Howard and you again!! You look fantastic! And, I love the puppy dogs. The panzanella looks delicious. Thank you and best wishes, Marlene 🥰
0:42 Buongiorno ! Non sapevo che gli inglesi o in inglese dicessero ….”buono come l’oro”. Anche su queste cose si nota la differenza tra noi italiani e loro. A noi basta un buon pane. “ Buono come il pane”….. I valori della vita a volte tra popoli sono un po’ differenti. Un caro saluto dalla Germania. (Io provengo dalla regione Campania, zona costiera amalfitana).
PS: se posso permettermi, lei ha un cognome che potrebbe essere anche una contessa siciliana. L’apparenza è anche quella. 😊
Lei è arrivata da bambina in America ? Immagino che sia siciliano anche suo marito.
Thank you for this and all of your work on Kitchen on the Cliff, Giovanna! Grazie. Alla prossima volta.
Hi Giovanna. I'm so glad I found your channel. I remembered when you published your first book and had a book signing at a bookstore in Fort Lee NJ. I look forward to watching all your videos and learning from you.
We had a giant pizza the other day, however, it had so much crust, so I cut it off and made some garlic croutons! they turned out delicious.
Wonderful panzanella, those tomatoes must be delicious.
Hi Giovanna I was wondering if you could maybe do a mini series where you share the recipes in Italian? I’m starting to learn and I would love to be able to learn while learning your recipes as well!
Greetings from Bergen County! We are Sicilian and truly enjoy your videos. Can you please consider not using the music with your video? It’s extremely distracting…. you have such a beautiful, calming voice but the music on loop is driving me bonkers! You and your content are MORE than enough to keep us entertained and interested in learning. Thank you in advance.
❤ Thys is soooo yummy
Giovanna so happy to see another video from you 😍😍😍
I admire your work; I'd like to ask you to share with KHAL a cooking video of your own to make it even more perfect._
I discovered your channel recently and love watching your videos. You make everything so clear. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia where there are many people who came from Sicily, so I am familiar with some of your dishes (although caponata in Melbourne is very different from yours!). I have wonderful memories of having weekend lunches with my family's friends who had come from Sicily and they would bring a cold picnic pasta dish (not a pasta salad). Is that something you know? I would love to know how to make that. Also in your video on the lamb pie for Easter (most interesting!), you mention at the end an orange salad which is very common in Sicilian food. Could you do a video on that please! Very best wishes from York, England. (P.S. I have ordered your Sicilian Feasts cookbook, greatly looking forward to reading and trying recipes from it).
easily subbed. the quality is great and the tips are gold, well, like bread I guess!
Your videos are wonderful, thank you for sharing all those recipes with us. I wish you happiness! 💞
I will make this over the weekend for a family BBQ. Thank you!
thank you Giovanna…. i like to cook different foods. i like your channel and i like the way you are.. so natural..
so i will try some of your recepe' and maybe share with friends..
There's something magical about your food. I appreciate your efforts; I was wondering if you could share a video of you cooking with KHAL viewers. I would love to tip you on your recipes..
💯🤞💯@!@#$%^&*(
Yes! So excited to make this
Dear Giovanna, I am compelled to write this congratulatory note. You have made cooking into such a creative activity that we all could do, enjoy, share; it is the simplicity and down to earth approach and don"t throw anything away that impress me greatly. You are very fortunate to have your charming grand daughter's IT assistance, in return, you have so much to give and being such an admirable grand mother, congratulations! Thank you from someone who enjoys cooking, sharing meals with family and friends. Greetings from Perth, Western Australia.
Love your channel, recent subscribers 😊
Love your channel.❤️🇨🇦😄☮️
exactly perfect. So lovely! Very nice
Ciao! This looks wonderful 🙂
Great video! Thank you!
Buongiorno Giovanna: Thank you for this great Summer salad recipe. I will make this very soon. By the way, we have met twice before. First, at your ICE class on Sicilian Cooking, and next, at Mikes Deli on Arthur Ave, with my friend, John Bellia. I'm very happy to have discovered your YouTube channel. Thanks again. Ciao. Eduardo, from Long Island.
HELLO BEAUTIFUL LADY…..I’ve been watching Your Videos and You make food so Simple…..I am going to make this Salad 🥗
But when We eat it I’m going to ADD fresh Parmesan cheese on top…..Do You think it will change the taste……
Sending LOVE From Virginia 🌹
Buona sera, signora Giovanna. I became a subscriber to your youtube channel last week. I love your tomato salad. My dad came from Piedmond, so my traces are there too. I live in the Netherlands, but I am Italian at heart. Dutch pot is not for me. I love your recipes and keep coming back. Greetings from Claudy
Thank you so much. It's always wonderful and calming to watch your videos.
Looks great! 😋🥰
Και αν δεν βάλεις ψωμί και βάλεις ρίγανη ελιές πιπερια πράσινη και φετα έχεις ελληνική σαλατα και στο τέλος έρχεται παλι το ψωμί για τον Έλληνα να το βουτηξει μεσα στο λαδι 😂😂😂😂😂 πόσο κοντα αυτές οι χώρες 🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👌🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤️
Great, love your Channel. Greetings from Hamburg Germany.
benissimo, adesso ho fame perché ho visto la ricetta 😉
Bon appétit, i love it but pls do not grill the bread directly on the gaz, better in a pan, thank you⚘️🎩
I’m so happy I found your channel! Thank you for sharing your recipes with us!
Beautiful Presentation…
Thank You…❤❤
without cucumber, we just call it tomato salad, I would add also a drop of balsamico, oil, and a pinch of slat and pepper.