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tomato avocado mozzarella salad sprinkled with pepper and topped with basil leaves
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Tomato Avocado Mozzarella Salad

Insalata tricolore - Italian salad with ripe tomatoes, avocado, mozzarella slices and basil with a simple olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, if you like the Italian Caprese salad you will love this upgraded version with avocado.
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Salads
Cuisine: Italian
Diet: Diabetic
Servings: 2 -4
Calories: 335kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • Tomato avocado and mozzarella salad:
  • 1 large beef tomato
  • 2 medium tomatoes See note 1
  • 2 balls of mozzarella See note 2
  • 1 ripe avocado
  • a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
  • 10-15 fresh basil leaves depending on size
  • sea salt flakes
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • Dressing:
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1-2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar to taste
  • 1 small garlic clove
  • fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Tomato avocado and mozzarella salad:

  • Slice the tomatoes and arrange them on a salad platter or on individual serving plates.
  • Slice the mozzarella and arrange it on the platter, either by overlapping it with the tomato slices or on the opposite side of the platter. Arrange the avocado slices as well.
  • Sprinkle the avocado with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Sprinkle everything generously with sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper.

Dressing:

  • Whisk together the olive oil and balsamic vinegar, add the grated garlic clove. Adjust the taste with salt and pepper, but remember that the salad is already salted, so don't add as much salt to the dressing as you would usually do.
  • Pour the dressing over the salad and arrange the basil leaves on top. Serve immediately.

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Notes

1. You can use either a combination of ripe tomatoes: beefsteak tomato, regular tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes etc or only one sort of tomatoes. Just make sure that they are perfectly ripe and sweet.
2. Or use burrata instead.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/4 of the salad | Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 667mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g