If you've never had a chance to have a caprese salad, run to your grocery store right now and buy tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil. This salad is one of my very favorites and is so easy to make it's ridiculous. It's incredibly refreshing and always a crowd-pleaser. I'm sure many of you have had or even made this dish before but I couldn't help blogging about it because we used our own basil from OUR GARDEN!
Simply slice ripe tomatoes, mozzarella cheese (the kind in a ball) and harvest (or buy) basil leaves. Layer the 3 on top of each other. Sprinkle with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lots of salt.
If you look at the picture above, Joe is picking basil out of our little basil jungle. We went a bit crazy with as many different types as we could find. We have some regular Italian basil, lettuce leaf basil, Thai basil (licorice flavor), purple basil, lime basil (yes it's very lime), and on our deck we have a white variegated basil. For our salad, Joe used Thai basil, purple basil, and lettuce leaf basil. It was wonderful to have the different flavors to add complexity to such a simple salad. This is the kind of food that just makes me happy, in case you haven't already noticed. I could eat this all summer! Can't wait until we are using our own tomatoes as well.
If you've never had a chance to have a caprese salad, run to your grocery store right now and buy tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil. This salad is one of my very favorites and is so easy to make it's ridiculous. It's incredibly refreshing and always a crowd-pleaser. I'm sure many of you have had or even made this dish before but I couldn't help blogging about it because we used our own basil from OUR GARDEN!
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