Slice the bread. Brush with olive oil until completely coated. Broil, rotating your cookie sheet regularly until golden brown. Flip the bread and repeat. Watch it constantly. It goes from golden brown to black in almost no time.

Let the bread cool and tear it into one inch pieces.

Seed and dice the tomatoes. Peel, seed and dice the cucumber. Combine tomatoes, cucumber, onion and basil into a bowl large enough to accommodate the bread as well. Season the tomato mixture with salt and pepper. Taste to see if you have it where you want it. Add more if needed.

Combine olive oil, garlic and red wine vinegar to make a simple dressing. Toss tomato mixture with dressing. Add the toasted bread and mix. Garnish with a bit more basil.

Or sprinkle the bread over the tomato mixture. Work it in a bit to get some dressing on it but keep the top dry. Enjoy and try not to think about the fact winter is coming.