Roasted Tomato & Goat Cheese Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs small cherry tomatoes
• 2 fat garlic cloves, chopped fine
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 7 ounces mixed greens
• 8 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
• kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 2 slice the tomatoes in half, scoop out & discard the seeds.
• 3 put the tomato shells in a bowl. add the garlic & 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. mix gently (you don’t want to mash your tomatoes) until the tomatoes & garlic are covered with the oil.
• 4 put the tomato-garlic mixture on a baking sheet & spread it out into a single layer. bake until the tomatoes are very tender & starting to brown (~25-30 minutes).
• 5 when the tomatoes are almost finished cooking, mix the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil & the balsamic vinegar with the greens in a large bowl. top with the crumbled goat cheese, and then with the roasted tomatoes. let the tomatoes sit on the cheese for a couple of minutes so the cheese starts to soften & melt. then mix it all up & serve. (add salt & pepper to taste.).