Caprese salad

Four top quality ingredients are all that’s needed to make this salad.

Buy the best buffalo mozzarella you can afford, really lush ripe tomatoes, good peppery extra virgin olive oil and fresh green large basil leaves.

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: •

Servings: 2

Ingredients

1 ball of buffalo mozzarella (Garofalo from Waitrose is excellent), or a small pack of mozzarella balls – about 125g
2 large ripe juicy tomatoes
handful of fresh basil
1-2 tbsps of extra virgin olive oil
1-2 tablespoons of white or dark balsamic
teaspoon of green pesto (optional)
salt and black pepper

Read about the health benefits of olive oil

Instructions

Thickly slice or tear the mozzarella (or use the mozz balls) and arrange on a plate with thickly sliced tomatoes and the basil.

Drizzle the olive oil and balsamic over then season well.

Tuck in!

Nutrition Info

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are rich in lycopene which is a pokey antioxidant. Antioxidants are like bouncers at a night club, they go around finding stray electrons that are busy causing trouble in your body, and find them a love partner so they can both stay in and cuddle on the sofa.

Tomatoes are also a brilliant source of vitamin C, which supports skin and connective tissue health as well as immunity and iron absorption. The biotin in tomatoes is good for controlling blood sugar.

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