My Aunt was making chicken parmesan with homemade tomato sauce. Mom was in charge of bringing the dessert. Mom brought two... this runs in the family.
One of my favorite dishes is caprese salad. I especially love it when you can eat it in different ways. I didn't have enough sticks to serve it that way, so I decided to go another route. I remember that back in the day I pinned a caprese salad on Pinterest.
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| Photo from www.savorysweetlife.com |
This recipe comes from a blog called Savory Sweet Life, which is quite the celebrated blog. Alice, who writes the blog, has been featured in the press including Forbes. She makes her kids some awesome cakes. You definitely need to check out her work. Keep in mind that Alice is also a photographer, so once again... her pictures are WAY better than mine. ;)
I did make one change to the salad, and added balsamic vinegar. Balsamic vinegar is similar to bacon in the fact that it makes everything better. Plus, it is always a great addition to caprese salad... especially if it has mini mozzarella balls in it. Calm down, I didn't say that balsamic vinegar is better than bacon... just versatile like bacon. Geesh, tough crowd.
As with many things, this salad is good the day you make it but it is great a day or two later. The longer the basil, olive oil & balsamic vinegar (in my case) marinate they really make the flavor of the tomatoes and mozzarella better.
From the picture you can tell that Alice has some different types of cherry tomatoes in her salad. At my local store I found red and yellow cherry tomatoes. Good enough or me! It really made the salad look more appetizing, and the yellow cherry tomatoes taste sweeter in my world. I like the play on flavors.
Go visit my Hungry Hungry Hippo board on Pinterest for this recipe. Or better yet, throw some tomatoes, cheese, olive oil & whatever herbs and other flavors you like together.
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