A simple summer caprese salad made from fresh ingredients – zucchini, tomatoes, pesto, and mozzarella – to share at your next barbecue!
I’m gonna be real with you for a second. I love being in the kitchen (duh Ellie, we already knew that!), but Chicago summers make it real hard. Like reeeeeal hard.
It’s hot.
I don’t want to turn on the oven.
And I really just want to sit on my deck, sip a cocktail, and go for a long walk after dinner (usually to my favorite ice cream shop).
Enter: Ellie’s summer dinner menu
(Because who wants to be in the hot kitchen when it is so gorgeous out?!)
Turkey burgers + simple green salad
Pork chops + grilled vegetables
Are you catching on?? Pretty much everything I make in the summer consists of a protein being cooked on the grill and a side of vegetables in some form – grilled, in a salad, raw and dipped in hummus… you get it.
It’s just too damn hot to turn on that oven!
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[/one_half_last]I’ve been spiralizing a lot lately. Do you spiralize? It took me a little while to pull the trigger and actually buy a spiralizer, but I haven’t looked back and highly recommended it. (P.S. This is the one I have and LOVE it!) I picked up some heirloom cherry tomatoes from the farmers market, along with my zucchini and knew I was destined for something good.
Like real good. What’s your favorite summer salad recipe? And are you spiralizing like me?!
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Caprese Zoodle Salad
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 zucchinis
- 1/2 pint heirloom cherry tomatoes
- 5 ounces fresh mozzarella
- 1/4 cup basil pesto
Instructions
- Prep your ingredients: Using your spiralizer, create your zucchini noodles. Cut the tomatoes in half. Cube the mozzarella.
- Toss together and enjoy!
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k this actually looks awesome. i’ve been rolling my eyes at zoodles for the past year (i love carbs), but i thinkkkk i would love this. plus, at least you’re calling it a salad haha, not pasta.
Thanks Bev! It’s hard for me to do zoodles with meatballs and red sauce… If I want pasta, then I want REAL pasta. And yes – totally a salad! Have a great weekend!
This looks so delicious! Definitely the perfect summer salad and especially so if you grow zucchinis! We always seem to be overloaded during the summer! 😛
Yes, then this is perfect for you! I wish I grew my own… My little patio in Chicago is only good enough to grow herbs 🙁
so easy and simple!!! I love zoodles 🙂
The simplicity is the best part!
Yum! I made a recipe really similar to this a couple weeks ago. Caprese is the BEST!
Isn’t it?! Thanks Liz!
Hello! So glad I stumbled upon your blog today. I love love love zoodles. I ate them three times this past week!
Hello! So glad I stumbled upon your blog today. I love love love zoodles. I ate them three times this past week!
I picked up so many at the farmers market last weekend that I’ve been eating them nonstop! I hope you enjoy the caprese salad!!
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Um this looks so amazing! I looveeee zoodle meals.
And HECK YES to walks… to get ice cream 😀
Thanks Ashley! And yes, the best walks always end in ice cream :))
This looks so fresh and delicious! There’s no better combination than pesto and mozz’!
Thanks Kayla! And seriously – I could eat it every single day!
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