This super easy Cucumber Caprese Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette is a delicious way to complete any meal. It is also a fabulous dish for your next potluck.
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As I was preparing a romantic meal for my husband and myself, I knew that I would need a delicious salad to make the meal complete. My husband is a dry salad kind of a guy, so I made his salad without the vinaigrette and added his favorite salad stuff along with the salad ingredients here. Since dry salads aren’t really popular, I decided to share the recipe for my salad.
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I started by chopping my veggies. The Romana tomatoes, cucmber, and spinach all get a good chop. In a large salad bowl, I simply add the mozzarella cheese, chopped Romana tomatoes, chopped cucumber, and chopped fresh spinach. All of this yumminess was tossed until well mixed.
I used the mozzarella snacking cheese pictured above. This is not a sponsored post. I am just sharing because I found that they made things easier since I did not have to cut the cheese. Also, since each of these handy little packets is 1 oz, it was easy to know that 5 of these little packets is 5 oz of mozzarella cheese. Any fresh mozzarella will work equally as well in this recipe, though.
The dressing is a simple combination of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, minced garlic, fresh black pepper, and salt. I simply mixed in a dressing container then poured it over the tossed salad. I tossed the salad again to coat. Easy peasy.
Easy Cucumber Caprese Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Easy Cucumber Caprese Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 5 oz Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
- 4 Romana Tomatoes (chopped)
- 1 Cucumber (chopped)
- 1 cup Fresh Spinach (chopped)
- For the Balsamic Vinaigrette:
- 1/2 cup Aged Balsamic Vinegar
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 1/4 tsp Minced Garlic
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- Fresh Black Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Chop tomatoes, cucumber, and spinach.
- Add tomatoes, cucumber, spinach and mozzarella to a large salad bowl.
- Toss to mix.
- Make the dressing by adding balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper to a dressing bottle.
- Shake dressing to combine well immediately before adding to salad. If it sits for a time, the oil and vinegar will separate and reshaking will be needed.
- Pour dressing over the salad and toss to coat the salad in the dressing.
- You may chose not to use all the dressing.
- Serve and enjoy!
If you like this recipe, you might also like my Tomato Soup from the slow cooker. Tomato Soup goes really well with this delicious Cucumber Caprese Salad as a meal starter.
