Good Eating Tuesday: Creamy Caprese Salad!
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...