3  Salad

3.1 Cherry Tomato Salad

Ingredients

  1. Fresh cherry or grape tomatoes.
  2. Fresh mozzarella salad pearls: If you can’t find this small size, just buy a fresh mozzarella ball and dice it up (Optional; think about cholesterol).
  3. Extra virgin olive oil.
  4. Garlic
  5. Red wine vinegar: white wine vinegar or champagne vinegar will work fine.
  6. Fresh basil and parsley: if needed, use dried basil or parsley instead of fresh (using 1/3 the amount listed).
  7. Dried oregano: Of course, fresh oregano will work great too. Use 1 1/2 tsp minced.
  8. Honey: only a hint of this is added to help balance the acidity and lightly emulsify the dressing.
  9. Salt and pepper to taste.

Steps

  1. To make tomato salad dressing, whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, parsley, basil, and oregano in a mixing bowl, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Toss tomatoes and mozzarella with dressing: In a medium salad bowl, toss tomatoes with dressing. Add mozzarella and toss.