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Caprese skewers

July 18, 2014 by Roxana 8 Comments

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One of my favorite activities almost every saturday morning starting late May is going to the local farmers market. Here the market opens mid April but only mid to late May fresh produce makes its appearance.

By june there’s an abundance of fresh produce. Berries, peaches, cherries, corn, carrots, squash, melons, greens and all kinds of tomatoes to name a few. Heirloom tomatoes are my favorite picks. There’s always a multitude of colors and sizes makes me wanna pick all of them! I love tomatoes. I could honestly say tomatoes are my favorite vegetable. Too bad they are a fruit and I really don’t know which one is my favorite fruit.

You know what else I love – caprese salad! I could eat some every single day! I mean, what’s not to love?

Copious amounts of cheese, tomatoes, fresh basil = love!!! 

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There’s just one thing I may not like about caprese salad. All The Slicing!!

Slice the cheese,  slice the tomatoes – I was not hungry anymore by the time I’m done fixing the salad.

I have a little secret. I’m using Jarlsberg mini’s and grape tomatoes for my caprese salad. No slicing involved!

To make it a little fancy, I used some small skewers. Aren’t they pretty?

To make caprese salad you’ll need just a few ingredients

– Jarlsberg mini’s

– grape/cherry tomatoes (pick the ones that are plum and fully ripe)

– fresh basil leaves

– salt & pepper

– balsamic reduction or dressing

That’s it!

giveaway

Have you tried the new Jarlsberg mini’s? If you haven’t and even if you did, you can still enter the giveaway I’m running on Facebook! (giveaway ends 7/24 (Thursday) at 11:59:59 PM ET )

Click here to enter

Good luck!

Roxana

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipe Tagged With: caprese, Jarlsberg Cheese, tomatoes

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  1. Laura | Baking Outside the Box says

    July 19, 2014 at 12:47 am

    I love every ingredient on these skewers. Gotta make some soon. Thanks.
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  2. Emily @ Life on Food says

    July 19, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    I love these little disks. Perfect for skewers. We made kabobs for dinner the other night and it took forever to cut everything up. Lovin' this idea!
    Reply
  3. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    July 21, 2014 at 4:36 am

    what a great idea! never thought to do a skewered version of caprese, love it!
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  4. Claudia McGee says

    July 23, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    oh that looks so delicious !
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  5. Deb@CookingOnTheFrontBurner says

    July 24, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    Thanks for linking up these caprese skewers at Best of the Weekend - I'm featuring them on my blog tomorrow night!!
    Reply
  6. Sarah Gifford says

    July 24, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    I love this. It's so colorful and eye-yummy! And they taste delicious!!
    Reply
  7. Simply Suzannes at Home says

    July 25, 2014 at 9:55 am

    These look great for Summer gatherings! I have baby heirlooms growing in our garden . . . and I think they would look so pretty dressed up like this on a skewer! Thanks for sharing! Suzanne
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  8. Cheryl says

    July 29, 2014 at 8:22 am

    I love caprese salad and this is such a fun way to have it!
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