How is everyone doing? We are all fine but this weather is so hot and humid, if we were to hang our clothes out on a line, they would never dry! This post is about a cool and refreshing salad that you can serve in a bowl or cleverly on toothpicks as an appetizer – or a way to get children to enjoy things like tomatoes and olives. TOM stands for Tomato, Olive, and Mozzarella salad. It is so easy to prepare and the best part is, you can prepare it early in the day then enjoy for supper although my daughter will be taking it in her lunch tomorrow for a light meal.
TOM Salad
You will need the following:
1 Pint yellow grape sized tomatoes
1 Pint red grape sized tomatoes
1 fourteen oz can of pitted black olives, drained and rinsed
1 package of Mozzarella pearls, drained
1 small bunch of fresh basil, chopped
4 Cloves garlic, minced
1 small handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
½ Cup Olive oil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
Zest of ½ a lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
Directions:
In a large bowl, whisk together olive oil, oregano, minced garlic, and lemon zest.
Toss in the tomatoes, olives, mozzarella pearls, basil and parsley.
Make sure everything is covered and squeeze in the lemon juice.
Store in fridge in an air-tight container for several hours so all the flavors can mellow.
When it is time to serve, you can either stick them on toothpicks like a shish-kabob or serve in a bowl. However you eat them, I know you will enjoy it!
You can find this recipe and many, many others right now at Weekend Potluck – come on over and see!
What a beautiful salad, Kelli! I make something similar but add in chickpeas and artichoke hearts. Of course, then, you have to eat it with a fork. 🙂
That sounds wonderful Stacy!!
This sounds wonderful and looks so pretty.
Lillian
Thank you!
This looks great and easy to make. Will be making this one!!
Great! This is right up your alley!
I love all the beautiful colours and flavours together 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you!
Good delicious, this is my favorite salad, nothing better than fresh homemade Mozzarella! 🙂
You are right!
isnt this just the perfect light summer salad! definitely recreating this in my kitchen, thanks for the idea kelli!
Thank you! It is and I believe you will love this one!
Now this is my kind of salad!!! Perfect for summer and would be fabulous with a glass of wine too.
Thank you!
I found those little yellow gem tomatoes at the farmers market last weekend, and I proceeded to eat half the pint before I got home. This salad looks amazing!
They are so good, aren’t they?