This simple arugula caprese salad recipe is mixed with bite size cherry tomatoes, ciliegine (small) mozzarella balls, and sliced basil. Arugula caprese salad is topped with an easy balsamic vinegar and oil vinaigrette.
Arugula caprese salad with ciliegine mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes is about seasonality, simplicity, flavor, and putting something in your mouth and tummy fast.
A caprese salad alone is delicious, but adding some greens like arugula makes it feel healthier and more like a meal.
Some days are just harder than others. There are days when I don't want to cook, especially if I have been cooking all day for clients. This arugula caprese salad is a "go to" easy, fast, and healthy dinner on those days.
Rinse the cherry tomatoes, use small ciliegine (Italian word for cherry) mozzarella balls and use pre-washed arugula. Eat it with some buttery toasted bread. Dinner = done.
Intuitional Balsamic and Oil Salad Dressing
Hear me out. I make homemade salad dressing all the time because I don't love salad dressing from the store with a ton of ingredients.
The salad dressing for this arugula caprese salad is barely a dressing. It's just simply drizzling on olive oil, a touch of balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper. Taste it and add more of what you think.
It's one of the best ways to start to learn how to make your own salad dressing at home. Taste and add ingredients. Taste again, etc...
Serving Suggestion
Serve this simple Caprese Salad as is or with a soup or pasta salad to make a meal out of it, or as an appetizer for a main dish like chicken or pizza.
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Things In My Kitchen:
- 3 quart mixing bowl - I love these flat bottomed & wide brimmed mixing bowls for combining ingredients with veggies for roasting and for making salads. The 2 quart and 3 quart are my "go to" bowls for almost everything.
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Arugula Caprese Salad with Ciliegine Mozzarella
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This arugula caprese salad recipe with Ciliegine Mozzarella is about seasonality, simplicity, flavor, and putting something in your mouth and tummy fast.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 3
- Category: Salad
- Method: No Cooking Involved
- Cuisine: Italian
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 5 ounces pre-washed arugula
- 2 cups (~ 8 oz) cherry tomatoes, rinsed
- 8 ounces ciliegine (cherry size) mozzarella, drained
- 12 basil leaves, chiffonade (sliced thinly) - as a garnish
- balsamic vinegar
- e.v. olive oil
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the arugula to a bowl and toss lightly with e.v. olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sea salt, and black pepper. This isn't a traditional vinaigrette. This is throwing some ingredients in a bowl when you're hungry! Taste the arugula and add more of what you like.
- Plate the salad. In the same bowl and the cherry tomatoes and mozzarella. Toss with a little more olive oil, salt, and pepper and place on top of arugula.
- Top salad with sliced basil. Happy Eating! Beckie
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