Salad Recipe • Simple Caprese Salad

Traditional appetizer, but also makes a great main dish on a hot summer day. Feel free to add cooked eggplant and/or zucchini slices to this dish to make it heartier.

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained
• 16 slices fresh mozzarella cheese
• 16 thick slices ripe slicing tomato
• 32 leaves fresh basil
• olive oil
• 1 pinch ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained

Cooking Directions

1. Cut roasted red peppers into 16 large pieces. Starting at the edge of a serving platter, place a slice of tomato, a basil leaf, a slice of mozzarella cheese, a piece of roasted pepper, and another basil leaf. Continue in that pattern, forming a spiral from the outside in, until all the ingredients have been arranged; salad should end in the center of the platter. Drizzle the salad with olive oil and sprinkle with black pepper and black olives.

Nutrition Facts

• calories310.5
• carbohydrateContent9.1 g
• cholesterolContent59.4 mg
• fatContent23.2 g
• fiberContent2 g
• proteinContent15.2 g
• saturatedFatContent11.8 g
• sodiumContent478.8 mg
• sugarContent5.4 g