Ethiopian Tomato Salad

It may sound silly, but one of my favorite dishes to eat when I eat Ethiopian food is this tomato salad.  Truth be told, even though Ethiopian food is good for you, it can be very rich!  This salad is the perfect counterpart to the richness of the food.  Chopped tomatoes are mixed with lemon juice and rice wine vinegar, a little jalapeno for some zing and diced white onion then tossed with iceberg lettuce!  It is really palate cleansing and refreshing!  Enjoy!

Ethiopian Tomato Salad (adapted from justapinch.com)

1/2 small white onion, finely diced
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
3 roma tomatoes, diced
2 T. freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 T. rice wine vinegar
1 T. extra virgin olive oil
1 t. salt
1/4 t. black pepper
1/2 head iceberg lettuce, cut into bite sized pieces

In a medium bowl stir together the onion, jalapeno, tomatoes, lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper.  When ready to serve place the iceberg lettuce in a large salad bowl and spoon the tomato mixture over the top using a slotted spoon.  Toss to combine and add as much of the juice in the bottom of the bowl as you like for the dressing.  You will probably not use all of the dressing.  Serve immediately.  

4 servings (76 calories each serving) according to my calculator on loseit.com)