Caprese Salad

Hello, everybody!!  I have super quick little meal for those days when you just can't choke down one more slow-cooker stew or one more deep dish casserole.  I have to admit, that's almost never me. If someone delivered a home-made mac and cheese every day, I would eat it and be HAPPY. 

But every now and then, I want something else. This recipe is for those winter days when you don't need the comfort food, but you do need something that reminds you SPRING WILL COME. Not today, not tomorrow, but someday soon.

 Ingredients.
Yup, this is almost all we're going to use. Edna made unhappy noises, not completely sold on the idea of dinner made from four items out of the fridge and not even warmed up!

 OK, red cherry tomatoes and yellow mini tomatoes. I won't tell you how much these cost, but a little bit of me rebelled at the price because in the summer, we have so many that we feed them to the chickens. Mountains of them. And now I just bought a tiny plastic container for as much as a mocha grande. Horrors.

 I couldn't help eating a bunch, but I could almost hear the sound of quarters sliding into a vending machine slot with every bite. Ka-CHING. Ka-CHING. It was worth it.

 Good salami. (I'm not talking to the salami, that's a description. But I might have whispered a few sweet nothings to it.)

 Fresh mozzarella. Not the low-moisture kind you shred for lasagna. There's a woman in town that makes fresh mozzarella. I keep saying I'm going to learn, since she says it's so easy, but so far... I just eat it.

 Fresh basil. Just smelling it made me feel SO MUCH BETTER. This is aromatherapy for foodies.

 Olive oil.

 Small person roughly chopping basil leaves. Mmmmm, my toddler smells delicious.

                                          
Add a bit of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Mix and set aside.

 Take a toothpick, assemble tomatoes, a roll of salami, and small piece of fresh mozzarella. Repeat until you have the desired amount. This made an awful lot, but the good part is that you can adjust the amount to how many people you have.

 Now, sprinkle on the fresh basil/olive oil and enjoy!

I wish this came with a scratch and sniff button. It was heavenly!

 Until next time, my friends!