Caprese Salad

The best tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella you can find sprinkled with salt and pepper, drizzled with good olive oil. This version is best without balsamic vinegar.

Mixed-Herbs Salad With Olives, Tomatoes, and Fresh Mozzarella

A medley of fresh herbs—basil, thyme, parsley, cilantro, and mint—combines with arugula, grape tomatoes, shredded mozzarella, and two types of olives for a bright, intensely flavorful end-of-summer salad.

Caprese Salad (Insalata Caprese)

In this Classic Caprese Salad, ripe tomatoes, creamy mozzarella, and fragrant basil come together for a summertime appetizer that's as easy to make as it is delicious.

Caprese Salad

A better Caprese Salad: toss with garlic-herb vinaigrette, then drizzle with balsamic glaze for the signature finish. Looks great, tastes even better!

Crispy Caprese Salad

Usually when you make a caprese salad, you pull mozzarella out of the fridge and slice it up cold. And cold mozzarella is not the best way to serve it. It also lacks texture. Breading and frying the mozzarella warms it back up, brings the milkiness back and makes it resemble more of a just made mozzarella, and the breading adds a flavor texture that make this variation of caprese worth a shot.

Blistered-Tomato Pasta Salad With Basil

Pasta salad with raw tomatoes and basil is a common summertime dish. Here we give it a thoughtful upgrade by cooking the tomatoes just until bursting, so that they release their rich juices into a flavorful sauce that coats the pasta even when cooled. It's a new summertime must.

Fried Caprese Bombs

This deep-fried hors d'oeuvre is part caprese salad, part mozzarella stick, and completely welcome at any get-together.

Mediterranean Chopped Salad With Tomatoes, Peppers, Feta, and Basil

A 30 minute salad of bright Mediterranean summer vegetables tossed together in a light vinaigrette with feta cheese and basil.

Bursty Tomato Burrata Salad

My favourite burrata recipe - roasted bursty cherry tomato burrata salad with pesto and crusty bread. Simple, luscious, rustic, perfect.

Tomato, Apricot, and Feta Salad With Mint

It's tough to improve on a classic Caprese salad, but it's pretty darn easy to make a nice lateral transition to something that's not quite as classic yet equally tasty. Here, I've combined tomatoes with sweet apricots, briny feta cheese, and mint for a take that's just as refreshing as a Caprese, but with a completely different personality.