My Cucumber Caprese Salad
My Cucumber Caprese Salad

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, my cucumber caprese salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

A beautiful and delicious take on a traditional Caprese Salad, this Cucumber Caprese Salad Recipe is a perfect side dish with steak, burgers, turkey legs, barbecue chicken, and more! Easy to make, this Cucumber Caprese Salad recipe is loaded with sweet, fresh vegetables. Cucumber Caprese Salad Recipe Hubby came up with this idea years ago using the bounty that came from our CSA.

My Cucumber Caprese Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. My Cucumber Caprese Salad is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have my cucumber caprese salad using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make My Cucumber Caprese Salad:
  1. Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
  2. Prepare 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  3. Take 1 tbsp dried oregano
  4. Take 1 tbsp dried basil
  5. Take Dash salt
  6. Take Dash pepper
  7. Make ready 1 cucumber peeled, seeds scraped with fork, sliced thin & diced
  8. Get 8 oz fresh motzerella or 4 motzerella cheese sticks
  9. Take 1/2 white onion, diced

English cucumber, fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. Salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil and a splash of balsamic is all you need finish it off. Though cukes can withstand all sorts of spiralizing, peeling and slicing, I decided to go the quick route and pulled out my julienne peeler. A few quick swipes and I had a bowl full of coodles.

Instructions to make My Cucumber Caprese Salad:
  1. In a small bowl mix together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dried oregano, dried basil and a dash of salt and pepper; set aside.
  2. Peel washed cucumber, scrap the seeds with spoon and slice thin and dice. Add to a medium sized bowl.
  3. Quarter washed cherry tomatoes. Add to the bowl with the cucumbers.
  4. Thinly slice and dice your white onion (of you do not like onion, feel free to omit from the recipe). Add to bowl with cucumbers and tomatoes
  5. Slice mozzarella into bite sized pieces (or use pearl sized mozzarella balls) or 4 motzerella cheese sticks cut into bite sized pieces (Let's keep it simple.) Add to bowl with cucumbers, tomatoes and red onion.
  6. Pour marinade over vegetables and cheese; mix well.
  7. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Put a Greek twist on a Caprese salad with this recipe. Our delicious Greek Caprese Salad swaps the classic Italian mozzarella with feta cheese. This fresh, crisp caprese salad with cucumbers is my new favorite side for spring and summer. Add an easy balsamic vinaigrette (recipe included) and serve with crusty bread! There's no flavor combination I love in the world more than mozzarella, tomatoes and basil mixed with a tangy balsamic vinaigrette.

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