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Easy Caprese Salad

Easy Caprese SaladBy now you all know how I like recipes. Easy. The same way I like just about everything. Nothing is worse than attempting to cook in the evening heat during a hot summer. It was 100+ degrees here yesterday, and ain’t no one got time for that. So when I got home from a longgggggg day in the office, I knew I was going to make myself this easy caprese salad. And not only because I love saying, “Easy Caprese.” Seriously. Does anything roll off the tongue better?

Easy Caprese Salad Ingredients

My mom fixed it for me when she was visiting about a month ago. I’ve been obsessed ever since. I’ve yet to find something as refreshing on a hot summer day. Except ice cream. Or a cool adult beverage. With a lemon slice. More on that later.

Easy Caprese Salad

Start with grape tomatoes, mozzarella balls, basil, and balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Chop up the basil, toss it in a bowl with the balls and tomatoes, and pour the dressing over. When you’ve tossed the ingredients together, sprinkle a little salt over the dish to bring out the natural flavors (mom’s idea: she’s brilliant). When I make this dish for myself, I always cut the tomatoes in half. Nothing is worse than trying to pick up a tomato with a fork. Especially if you’re wearing white. Amiright?

Easy Caprese Salad

Comments

    • Haha right?! No one wants tomato seed splatter all over their shirts! Haha… Happy weekend!

  5. Yum, that salad looks delicious! I always cut tomatoes in half when I’m making a salad, sandwich, etc. It makes it so much easier (and less messy) to eat. 🙂

    • I completely agree! I loveeeeee tomatoes too, even plain! 🙂

    • Thanks!! It is a really refreshing salad, perfect for this hot summer! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂

    • Oh it is the best isn’t it?! I could eat the whole package with balsamic!

    • Thank you!! It is DELICIOUS and refreshing, my favorite part! Perfect for the heat. And thank you so much about my photos, I have been really working on them! 🙂

  9. Ahh…that sounds so refreshing right now! And adding that pinch of salt is amazing! Thanks for sharing!! I’m especially excited to try this once my garden actually starts growing!

    • Oh my gosh the salt is the trick I swear! I wouldn’t have thought of it but my mom mentioned it and it brought the flavors out perfectly!! I am jealous of your garden!

    • Oh me too! I’m from Wisconsin, we eat cheese with everything! Then I married my husband, and he HATES cheese! It is horrible! 🙂

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  1. […] We first had this Caprese Salad while visiting Shauna, our amazing sister (not by blood, by choice) from the Rae of Sparkles blog. She made it on a hot summer day and it was perfection. It’s one of those appetizers that goes with anything. Make it for a dinner party and everyone will see you as the fancy, cultured friend. See her recipe here. […]