Tomato Salad

Ingredients

• 2 cups (475 ml) ripe tomatoes (peel or not peel, either), cut up into bite size pieces
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) of sugar
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) white vinegar
• 2 tbsp (30 ml). salad oil
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp (15 ml). minced garlic (less or more to your taste)
• 1 tbsp (15 ml). Italian seasoning (less or more to your taste)
• chopped parsley, to your taste
• course ground pepper, to your taste
• salt, to your taste
• chopped hot peppers, to your taste--optional, if you want it to have a kick