Caprese Salad Recipe | Nibblin' and Noshin' | Mosaic Life Care

fresh mozzarella

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: string cheese

Part-skim mozzarella has fewer calories, while string cheese is often more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: extra virgin olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Extra virgin olive oil is richer in nutrients, while canola oil is typically cheaper.

Welcome to the episode and introduction by Mary Leech.

Discuss the ingredients found at the farmers market: tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, and fresh basil.

Introduce the concept of Caprese salad and its variations: using grape or cherry tomatoes and making kebabs.

Layer the tomato slices with mozzarella and fresh basil on a serving plate.

Continue layering until all ingredients are used, approximately 3 tomatoes, 1 pound of mozzarella, and 15 basil leaves.

Sprinkle fresh ground pepper over the layered salad.

Add a small dash of salt to enhance flavor, based on previous experience of blandness without it.

Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over the salad.

Optionally, drizzle a small amount of balsamic vinegar on top as a modification.

Conclude with serving suggestions for gatherings or family meals.

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Dietary

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