Caprese Salad (Ree Drummond)

(Reviewed by Tammy)

I LOVE Caprese Salad!  I could eat it everyday, just about every meal.  It's so refreshing, so healthy and so easy to make.  Plus it looks beautiful!  You've got to try it.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups balsamic vinegar

3 ripe tomatoes

12 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, thickly sliced

Fresh basil leaves

Olive oil, for drizzling

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

1.  Measure the balsamic vinegar.

2.  Pour into a saucepan.

3.  Bring it to a gentle boil over low heat.

4.  Cook for about 15 minutes or until it has reduced to a nice, thick (pourable) glaze.  Cool to room temp.

5.  Cut the tomatoes into thick slices.

6.  Arrange on a platter, alternating them with the mozzarella slices.

7.  Tuck whole basil leaves in between.

8.  Drizzle olive oil in a thin stream over the top.

9.  Drizzle on the balsamic reduction.

10.  Finally sprinkle salt and pepper on top.

Perfection!  Now tell me you don't like that!

our goal

Hi everyone!

We are Tammy (mom) and Grace (daughter).  Both of us absolutely adore the Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond). We love her show, recipes, giveaways...everything!  I (Grace) decided to try a few of her recipes a couple of weeks ago.  Every one that I tried was delicious.  I'm not the best cook, but her recipes were easy to follow.  We got an idea to choose 30 recipes from her  "Food From My Frontier" cookbook to go through the month of April.  We will post about the recipes we do, and whether we liked it or not.  Tonight, we are making Carnitas Pizza, along with her Caprese Salad.  We both can't wait to try it out and let you know what we think!  Pictures will be posted soon.  (:

Tammy & Grace