Tomato Salad Experiment

When it comes to tomato, it is highly recommended for health benefits. Tomatoes have great antioxidant properties, due to a pigment called lycopene which gives tomatoes its red, yellow or orange colour. Lycopene actually have the potential to prevent cancers such as prostrate cancer. In addition, tomatoes have a good amount of potassium and contain high amounts of vitamins C and E.  It also aids the absorption of Vitamin A.

Anyways, I find it weird to eat tomatoes raw just that way. It seems a bit sour and I guess I am not used to the tomato taste. So i decided to experiment how to actually cook it with other food. I did take a look at one recipe but I usually make do with what I have. If you want to follow the original recipe, the link is below the page ;).

So ingredients that we need:

2 Tomatoes, 1 Onion, 2 Sausages and 4 Lettuce Leaves. Please cut them into pieces.

Procedure:

1.Pour some Olive Oil into the pan and toss in the onions first. ( I have read that Olive Oil helps absorption of nutrients from the tomatoes.)

2. When the onions start to smell fragrant, toss in the sausages. Do not wait for the onions to become brown because you will still need to time to cook the sausages.

3. Toss in the tomatoes when the sausages are cooked and stir fry for 1 - 2 mins. I do not really want to cook the tomatoes, but fry it a little to bring out the sweetness.

4. Turn off the fire and add in the lettuce. I just want to toss the lettuce in the mixture. It will still cook a little but not that much.

5. Serve the salad =)!

Like I said before I am not really used to eating tomatoes, especially big tomatoes. Surprisingly, I find if you fry or grill the tomato a little, the tomato taste sweet and quite yummy =)/ By the way, tomato is actually a fruit. But I guess its amusing to see tomatoes have vegetable properties. Its like a fruit in disguise~

Tomatoes can b used as snacks too. They are one of my favorite snacks to eat ( not the big tomatoes, of course!). What I usually eat are the cherry tomatoes because they are easy to pop your mouth and they burst into flavour with just one bite. They are great for summer snack! XD

And on goes my experiment on food.....
 (Note. I am curious whether I can make a tomato dessert and if it will taste nice O.o, but that will be for another time.)

Links for more info:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=83141

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2007/08/but-i-do-have-t-1/