Quick Cook: Make this Spanish-style salad, Ensalada de Verano

This classic Spanish dish literally translates to “salad of Summer,” because it features that season’s headliners — tomatoes and peppers — and is served cold, topped with tinned tuna and hard boiled egg as an easy, refreshing meal on a hot day. Of course, here in the Bay Area, that summer weather — and those sweet peppers — linger on into October, making this a great dish to enjoy through the fall.

This is a versatile dish, adaptable to whatever you have on hand (for example, I like to...