{"id":11646,"date":"2013-05-06T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=11646"},"modified":"2013-05-05T09:53:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T13:53:06","slug":"caprese-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/06\/caprese-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"At Home with GCH: Caprese Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here on our At Home with GCH<\/em> blog, Monday\u2019s are always focused on healthy but oh-so-yummy!<\/strong> <\/em>recipes.\u00a0 This week I am sharing a dish that I often prepare for gatherings—Caprese Salad, aka Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato Salad.\u00a0 Here we are thick in the season of bridal showers and graduation parties and Mother’s Day\u00a0 and Father’s Day celebrations.\u00a0 Today I made this for a bridal shower, and so\u00a0I multiplied the recipe 4X.\u00a0 It served over 40 ladies as a side dish on the salads table.\u00a0 If you are preparing this in advance, add the vinegar and olive oil just prior to serving.<\/p>\n

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Caprese Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n

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8 ounces fresh mozzarella
\n1\/2 pint grape or cherry tomatoes
\nbasil * (fresh is best); if using dried, 1\/2-3\/4 teaspoon)
\nkosher salt, freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (I use ‘white’ balsamic)
\n1-2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil<\/p>\n

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Easy-peasy!\u00a0 Depending on the size of the fresh mozzarella you have bought, you might need to cut the balls of mozzarella into small, bite-size pieces; halve the tomatoes, and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste.\u00a0 Thinly slice the basil*.\u00a0 Add the sliced basil to the seasoned tomatoes and cheese.\u00a0 Pour a small amount of olive oil and some of the balsamic vinegar over and gently mix. Taste; add more vinegar and olive oil, if necessary.\u00a0 Serve immediately.<\/p>\n

*tip: stack 3-4 basil leaves; tightly roll-up (like a tiny cigar!); then carefully slice into very thin slices. You have now accomplished the technique known as \u2018chiffonade!\u2019\u00a0 You are amazing!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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God loves you!\u00a0 \u2665\u00a0<\/span> (Don\u2019t ever forget that!)<\/p>\n

\u2665<\/span> coleen<\/p>\n

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If you would like to send a personal message to Coleen concerning this series, you may email her at: Coleen@girlfriendscoffeehour.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here on our At Home with GCH blog, Monday\u2019s are always focused on healthy but oh-so-yummy! recipes.\u00a0 This week I am sharing a dish that I often prepare for gatherings—Caprese Salad, aka Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato Salad.\u00a0 Here we are thick in the season of bridal showers and graduation parties and Mother’s Day\u00a0 and Father’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":11648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[9296,2416,1724,235,1723,2412,1287,425,483,2415,926,1249],"class_list":["post-11646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-at-home-with-gch","tag-basil-recipes","tag-caprese-salad","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-fresh-mozzarella","tag-gatherings","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-healthy-but-oh-so-yummy","tag-mozzarella-recipes","tag-salad-recipes","tag-tomato-recipes","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0222.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-31Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11651,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11646\/revisions\/11651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}