Smiling Caprese Salad

Name: Smiling Caprese Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 6 tomatoes, cut into bite-size pieces; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, or more to taste; 1 ½ tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 6 leaves fresh basil, cut into slivers; ½ pound mozzarella cheese, cut into bite-size cubes; salt and ground black pepper to taste

Rating: 4.74 stars

43 Ratings
31 Reviews
14 Photos

This no doubt is the easiest Caprese salad I have ever made, and it will make your guest smile! It screams delicious, plus you can make ahead of time which is something we all want more of. When making, you can also add all ingredients to a large resealable plastic bag. Mix and then pour into your serving bowls/glasses. Serve in a fun type of tall stem glass like a martini glass with some crostini on the side.

By Cajun Girl

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Recipe Summary

prep:

10 mins

additional:

50 mins

total:

1 hr

Servings:

Yield:

4 servings

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 4 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

6 tomatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, or more to taste
1 ½ tablespoons balsamic vinegar
6 leaves fresh basil, cut into slivers
½ pound mozzarella cheese, cut into bite-size cubes
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Step 1

Stir tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and basil together in a large salad bowl; gently fold in mozzarella cheese ; season with salt and black pepper. Chill before serving.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

314 calories; protein 15.8g; carbohydrates 11.2g; fat 23.5g; cholesterol 36.3mg; sodium 363.9mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (31)

Most helpful positive review

Sarah Jo

07/25/2012

This salad is freaking IN-sane. I had to hurry up and cover the leftovers as I almost ate the whole darn bowl on my own. Uh YUM. Read More

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(58)

Most helpful critical review

beavergirl

08/21/2014

Not my favorite recipe. I used tomatoes and fresh basil from my garden. Very bland. Read More

43 Ratings

5 star values: 35
4 star values: 6
3 star values: 1
2 star values: 1
1 star values: 0

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Sarah Jo

07/25/2012

This salad is freaking IN-sane. I had to hurry up and cover the leftovers as I almost ate the whole darn bowl on my own. Uh YUM. Read More

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(58)

Linda

08/17/2012

Nice summer salad. Light and would go well with so many entrees. I used the fresh wet mozzarella cheese and used my judgement for the amount and used more fresh basil again using my judgement because I love fresh basil. I like to use white balsamic vinegar because it does not discolor lighter colored ingredients and also added some wrinkled black olives which I thought went well. This would be great as an appetizer with sliced grilled bread. (recipe made for *RECIPE GROUP*) Read More

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Patty

08/07/2012

This is so good! Read More

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(29)

BigShotsMom

07/29/2012

Recipe Group selection 7/28/12. This so easy to put together and so tasty. I had some bocconcini (fresh mozzarella balls) to use up so I used them in place of the cubes of cheese. Everything else was exactly to the recipe. This made a delicious lunch with some crusty bread. Thanks Cajun Girl, this is a winner we will enjoy again! Read More

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Christina

Allstar

07/29/2012

Made this for Recipe Group...YUM! Tomato salads are a summer staple in our family so reading the ingredients I knew this would be a hit! I used grape tomatoes and white basalmic vinegar (my new favorite lol). This had such a light fresh taste and went great w/ dinner! We usually make ours right before serving but I liked that this was chilled for a while to allow the flavors to develope...DELICIOUS! Thanks for sharing.:) Read More

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Cajun Girl

08/06/2012

This one I added some Romano Cheese....talk about good! Brings out all the flavors. Read More

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Julie Dreher

09/07/2012

I actually made this in to a pasta salad by adding some cooked orzo. It was awesome! I adjusted the vinegar and oil to my preference (less oil more vinegar) and it was great. Thanks Read More

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Chef D

07/25/2013

Simply delicious! 5 stars!! Read More

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MaryLouise

07/21/2012

Kids loved this - especially the chunk cheese. Great idea and so easy! Thanks Cajun Girl!!! Read More

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beavergirl

08/21/2014

Not my favorite recipe. I used tomatoes and fresh basil from my garden. Very bland. Read More

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This salad is freaking IN-sane. I had to hurry up and cover the leftovers as I almost ate the whole darn bowl on my own. Uh YUM.

This is so good!

This one I added some Romano Cheese....talk about good! Brings out all the flavors.

I actually made this in to a pasta salad by adding some cooked orzo. It was awesome! I adjusted the vinegar and oil to my preference (less oil more vinegar) and it was great. Thanks