Tuesday, July 28, 2009

easy peasy caprese salad

it's hot, so for supper tonight i threw together a quick, cool caprese salad for myself. the others were here, but they were not interested in sharing my flavorful little insalata, fine by me. i had recently bought some locally grown orange and yellow tomatoes and couldn't wait to try one. i choose an orange tomato and sliced it alternately layering it with fresh mozzarella, a few julienned leaves of my window basil, a splash of fruity olive oil and sweet balsamic vinegar, finishing with a generous sprinkling of kosher salt and coarse black pepper. how can something so simple be so amazing? instead of licking the plate this time, i sopped up the juices with some nann bread. now that's amore. enjoy.

5 comments:

Pam said...

Easy, peasy and BEAUTIFUL! This is my kind of salad.

Anonymous said...

I love caprese salad. I love your presentation putting the cheese and tomatoes in a straight line.

CookiePie said...

Beautiful salad! Love your blog. I came to it because you're a Bethie - so am I :)

noble pig said...

Oh this sounds perfect the heat! So colorful and all around delicous!

Jennifer said...

I am making that this weekend! I love the yellow tomatoes, I wish I could find some locally!