Regional: Italian

Caprese Salad with Olives

by Allen Williams on July 23, 2009

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I should have titled this post, ‘shamelessly simple’. It’s quick to prepare and contains a powerful blend of flavors from the sweet tomatoes, creamy fresh mozzarella, salty pitted olives, torn basil leaves, salt, cracked pepper, and golden extra virgin olive oil.

This may be the first time I’ve actually put the entire recipe in the first paragraph of my post. Shameless. Utterly shameless.
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