Middle Eastern Chopped Salad

Ingredients

• 3 medium tomatoes, diced
• 1 medium cucumber, scrubbed and diced
• 1 yellow or orange bell pepper, diced
• 1/3 cup pitted black olives, preferably oil-cured
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced, or 1/4 cup quartered and thinly sliced red onion
• 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
• 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts, optional
• Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste