Choice Morsels

A fresh, easy summer salad of tomatoes & fresh mozzarella in a creamy pesto Greek yogurt dressing! The tomatoes and cheese absorb the dressing flavor! I found this recipe in the weekly Publix grocery ad, as they always include and knowing I had tomatoes coming on in the garden, I held onto it. Having tried it once, I found it needed improvements---like onions and extra basil and more mozzarella! Photo is of the batch I made up for dinner today! Creamy Caprese Salad 16 oz fresh mozzarella, sliced & cubed 2 medium ripe tomatoes, coarsely chopped 1/3 cup red onion, chopped 1  5.3oz size plain Greek yogurt 1/4 cup Basil Pesto 1 tsp sugar 1 to 2 teaspoons dried basil Directions: Chop your tomatoes into bite-size chunks of a size you like. Of the 16oz of Mozzarella, I use about 3/4 of it in the salad and save the rest to have with salmon. To cube your Mozzarella, slice, then cut each slice into the cube size you prefer. ( I do 1/2 in...

Last summer I tried out new Potato Salad recipes; this summer I'm trying out new Pasta Salad recipes. Sweet Macaroni Salad was the first. I found it on Pinterest.  What makes it unique is it calls for Sweetened Condensed Milk (like Eagle Brand). It's actually sweet-sour, since it uses vinegar to balance the sweet. It's not rich or overly sweet or anything. I felt it could stand a tad less vinegar, but I'll give you the measurements as is and you can try it out and make your own adjustments. This salad needs to be made and refrigerated overnight---so remember to make it the day before you want to serve it. (photo is from Pinterest) Sweet Macaroni Salad Ingredients: 1 (16oz) box elbow macaroni 1 cup carrot matchsticks  1 fresh green pepper, chopped small 1 red onion, chopped small Dressing Ingredients: 2 cups mayo 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk (like Eagle Brand) 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 te...