Capture Summer In A Bowl; Easy To Make Caprese Salad

For many of us, summer is synonymous with garden grown fresh tomatoes. Honestly, is there anything more delicious than freshly picked, vine ripened tomatoes? Store bought tomatoes can’t even come close in juiciness, texture, or sweetness! One of summer’s simple pleasures is eating those ruby red jewels in this delectable salad just minutes after picking them off the vine.

Don’t have fresh tomatoes growing in the garden? Don’t despair. Check your local farmers market for vine ripened organic tomatoes.

My teenager won’t eat salads. I know…crazy! I suspect his Dad must have dropped him on his head when he was a baby…LOL! He says lettuce tastes like grass. Not sure I want to find out how he knows what grass tastes like either…ha-ha-ha. But all is not lost, he will actually eat this Caprese salad. There’s no lettuce in this delectable side dish.

It’s packed with vitamins and it’s oh so good for you! It’s the perfect flavorful side dish for all your summer meals! You will never complain about what to do with all those tomatoes coming from your garden!

Try this Simple Gardening Tip: How To Grow Abundant Tomatoes to ensure you have loads of tomatoes all summer long. Because once you make this salad, you will love it and need an abundant supply of fresh, juicy tomatoes.

To make this quick, tasty salad, start by washing and cutting tomatoes in half. If using larger tomatoes, just cut them into bite sized chunks.

Place cut tomatoes in a mixing bowl.

Add Mozzarella cheese balls. You could also cut up a large ball of fresh Mozzarella cheese if you can’t find these smaller cheese balls.

Chiffonade fresh basil leaves and add it to the mixing bowl. 

To Chiffonade is just a fancy word for thinly slicing the basil. It’s very, very easy to Chiffonade basil. Create a stack of basil leaves on your cutting board and roll them into a log.

Then thinly slice across the basil log creating thin strips. That’s all there is to it. Voila, you can now add Chiffonade to your repertoire of cooking skills!

Add Balsamic vinegar to the bowl.

Drizzle with olive oil.

Add freshly cracked pepper and a sprinkle of salt to taste. Toss to combine.

Serve immediately.

This is, hands down, my all time favorite summertime salad! I serve it all summer long with all our favorite barbecued meals. Just be sure to use the best quality, fresh ingredients for the most flavorful salad.

Learn how easy it is to Properly Harvest Basil so you have plenty all summer long for all your Caprese salads.

Caprese salad is a terrific side to serve with this Best Juicy And Tender, BBQ Hoisin Chicken. No more dry as sawdust grilled chicken!!! Yes you can grill chicken that’s both moist and flavorful using the tips in this barbecue cooking method. Go on and give it a try, I’m betting you will be pleasantly surprised at how juicy and flavorful it is! Even hubs, who doesn’t care for chicken loves this barbecued chicken. That’s saying a lot!!!

Go on, whip up this delectably fresh, flavor packed salad. I guarantee you will love it and will be making it all summer long!!! Healthy, inexpensive (especially if you are growing tomatoes and basil in your garden), easy to make in just a few quick minutes, and loaded with flavor. It truly is summer in a bowl!

Here in Northern California we get days when it’s just too stinking hot to spend time in the kitchen over the stove cooking a meal. A hot, heavy meal just doesn’t sound appealing when temps reach the triple digits, nor does anyone have the energy. Open a chilled bottle of your favorite white wine, add a fresh Caprese Salad to a Charcuterie board, and call it dinner. It’s an absolutely delicious and easy summertime meal! Pile big spoonfuls of that delectable salad on French bread baguette slices and wash it down with that cold glass of wine. The tangy dressing gets soaked up in the bread…oh so YUMMY! You really must give this a try!!!

I know what we’re having for dinner tonight! What about you?

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