Tomato, Egg, and Olive Salad

Any time you have hard-boiled eggs and can get flavorful tomatoes, make this Tomato, Egg, and Olive Salad with Gorgonzola Vinaigrette! If you like these ingredients you’ll love this simple salad.

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Sometimes the simplest combination of ingredients can result in a dish where the result is completely a wow. I shared this Tomato, Egg, and Olive Salad with my nephew Jake, and we both completely loved this combination of delicious summer flavors that were definitely kicked up a notch with the flavorful Gorgonzola Vinaigrette.

The salad is simply fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes, sliced and layered with slices of boiled egg and olives, then drizzled with a vinaigrette that had bits of gorgonzola cheese. What could be simpler or more delicious? And when summer tomatoes are at the peak of ripeness, this is the perfect thing to eat on a hot summer day.

What ingredients do you need?

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• fresh tomatoes
• boiled eggs
• can of black olives
• salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
• extra virgin Olive Oil (affiliate link)
• Balsamic Vinegar (affiliate link)
• crumbled gorgonzola

What is Gorgonzola?

Gorgonzola is a type of cow’s milk blue cheese that originated in Italy. It is often milder and a bit more buttery than other blue cheese varieties.

What if you don’t like Gorgonzola?

We swooned over the Gorgonzola Vinaigrette for this Tomato Egg Olive Salad. But if you’re not a blue cheese fan, any type of dressing that’s good with summer tomatoes will be delicious here.

What’s the best way to make hard-boiled eggs for this salad?

Check out my post about Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs for four foolproof methods for making hard-boiled eggs that will be easy to peel and won’t have a green ring around the yolk!

How to Make Tomato, Egg, and Olive Salad:

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1. Arrange perfectly ripe sliced tomatoes on a serving platter.
2. Top the tomatoes with slices of Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs.
3. Drain a can of olives and sprinkle over the salad.
4. Whisk together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and crumbled Gorgonzola to make the dressing and drizzle over the salad.
5. That’s all there is to it for this simple salad. Enjoy!
6. Don’t forget a little sea salt and some fresh-ground black pepper for the perfect finishing touch.

More Salad Recipes with Summer Tomatoes:

• Middle Eastern Tomato Salad
• Avocado Tomato Salad
• Summer Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese

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Yield: 4 servings

Tomato, Egg, and Olive Salad

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Fresh garden tomatoes make this Tomato, Egg, and Olive Salad with Gorgonzola Vinaigrette such a winner! If you don't like Gorgonzola Cheese this will be delicious with any dressing that's good on ripe summer tomatoes.

Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 3 fresh tomatoes, sliced 1/2 inch thick
• 3 boiled eggs, sliced 1/2 inch thick (see notes about hard-boiled eggs)
• 6 oz. can black olives, well drained
• salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste (see notes)

Vinaigrette Ingredients:

• 2 T extra virgin olive oil
• 1 T best quality balsamic vinegar
• 2 T crumbled gorgonzola

Instructions

1. Drain olive into a colander placed into the sink.
2. Slice tomatoes in 1/2 inch slices, and arrange on serving plate (with cut side up on ends of tomatoes).
3. Slice boiled eggs and layer on top of tomatoes.
4. Arrange drained olives on top of tomatoes and eggs.
5. Put olive oil in small dish.
6. Whisk in balsamic vinegar, then stir in gorgonzola.
7. Drizzle dressing over salad, season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
8. You may not need all the dressing, depending on how you prefer your salad.
9. This dressing will keep in the fridge for a few days, so you may want to double or triple the dressing amounts.
10. You will need to let it come to room temperature and shake the bottle before serving if it’s been refrigerated.

Notes

Here’s How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs. I used Rosemary Salt for this salad and if you have some kind of seasoned salt, that will only make it better.

This recipe created by Kalyn.

Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 203Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 12gCholesterol 143mgSodium 559mgCarbohydrates 8gFiber 3gSugar 3gProtein 7g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Tomato, Egg, and Olive Salad would make a perfect summer lunch for the low-carb or Keto diets or for the original South Beach Diet, any phase. Obviously the highest-carb ingredient here is the tomatoes so if you want fewer carbs, use less tomatoes and more of the other ingredients.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
The Tomato Egg Olive Salad was first posted in 2006, maybe without even a single photo! It was last updated with more information in 2024.

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