My Cucumber Caprese Salad

Lauren
Lauren @LaurenCooks
Claremore, Oklahoma

A beautiful and delicious take on a traditional Caprese Salad, this Cucumber Caprese Salad Recipe is a perfect side dish and super easy to make, this Caprese Salad recipe is loaded with sweet, fresh vegetables. #myitalian

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Ingredients

20 minutes
  1. 2 tbspolive oil
  2. 1 tbspbalsamic vinegar
  3. 1 tbspdried oregano
  4. 1 tbspdried basil
  5. Dashsalt
  6. Dashpepper
  7. 1cucumber peeled, seeds scraped with fork, sliced thin & diced
  8. 8 ozfresh motzerella or 4 motzerella cheese sticks
  9. 1/2white onion, diced

Cooking Instructions

20 minutes
  1. 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. 2

    Peel washed cucumber, scrap the seeds with spoon and slice thin and dice. Add to a medium sized bowl.

  3. 3

    Quarter washed cherry tomatoes. Add to the bowl with the cucumbers.

  4. 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. 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. 6

    Pour marinade over vegetables and cheese; mix well.

  7. 7

    Allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving.

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Lauren
Lauren @LaurenCooks
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Claremore, Oklahoma
So if you didn't know this already, we Southerners are pretty set in our ways when it comes to cooking certain dishes.We also don't measure seasonings. We just sprinkle and shake till the spirits of our ancestors whisper "stop my child."☆𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓.Cooking is love made edible.Reasons why I love cooking:1. It's delicious.2. It's fun.3. Healthier living.4. Gets me out of my own head for a little bit and calms my mind.5. Trying new things.6. Making up my own recipes.7. I get to share my recipes with others.8. Making memories.9. It's a continuous learning process.10. Cheaper than eating out.11. It saves the expenses.12. Makes me a happier person.13. Boosts my confidence.14. It's fun to mess with different ingredients.15. Makes me more creative.16. Getting those praises and comments makes it all worth it.17. I'm half Italian and Irish. So yes, cooking is in my blood.18. I'm from the South and I love to cook!▶️𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝.👩‍🍳😁✌➡️𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫!🏈☝️❤
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