Paleo Bruchetta

A coworker of mine, who I shall simply refer to as M'Lady to protect her identity, has embarked with her family on the Paleo Diet adventure. After reading up on what the Paleo Diet is, I thought it would be fun to invent a Paleo recipe just for her. It took two tries to get it right. So here you go M'Lady!

Recipe as written makes 6, scale up as appropriate.

• 1 medium vine ripened tomato cut in ¼” dice
• 2 TBLS of  1/8” diced red onion
• 1 small clove of garlic finely minced
• 1/4 lemon juiced
• 2 large or 4-5 small fresh basil leaves chiffonade cut
• ¼ tsp of red chili pepper flakes
• ½ TBLS of EVOO
• Small pinch of salt
• 6 ¼” slices of English Cucumber, sliced with a heavy bias (steep angle)

Combine all of the ingredients (except the cucumber) in a glass bowl, cover and allow about 1 hour for the flavors to meld.

 

Spoon a heaping TBLS of the topping onto each cucumber slice.

 

Non-Paleo addition - sprinkle a little grated parmesan on top :).

 

And there you have it - So simple even a caveman can do it!