Cucumber Caprese Salad

Name: Cucumber Caprese Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 large English cucumbers; 1 pint heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved; 2 cups mini mozzarella cubes or balls; 1/2 cup fresh chopped basil; 1/3 cup olive oil; 3 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar; Salt and pepper to taste

5 Ratings

1 Comments

Prep 10 min
Total 10 min
Servings 6

If you love caprese and you’re a fan of zoodles, this fresh take is about to blow your mouth straight to happy. Cucumbers are noodlized and then tossed with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil for a delish side you can make in minutes. MORE+ LESS-

By Cheeky Kitchen

Updated September 20, 2016

Ingredients

large English cucumbers

pint heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved

cups mini mozzarella cubes or balls

1/2

cup fresh chopped basil

1/3

cup olive oil

tablespoons white balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper to taste

Steps

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Use a spiralizer or julienne peeler to peel cucumber into noodles. Place in large serving bowl.
2

Toss with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic. Season to taste. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Expert Tips

Flavored olive oils like lemon, rosemary and habanero, taste great in this salad.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 290
Calories from Fat: 210

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 23g; 36%
Saturated Fat 9g 43% Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol: 40mg; 13%
Sodium: 320mg; 13%
Potassium: 340mg; 10%
Total Carbohydrate: 9g; 3%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8% Sugars 5g
Protein: 11g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 20%; 20%
Vitamin C: 20%; 20%
Calcium: 30%; 30%
Iron: 4%; 4%

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

Cucumbers are noodlized and then tossed with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil for a delish side you can make in minutes.

Last week I went to a huge kitchen tradeshow and walked through aisle after aisle of innovative inventions, listening to hundreds of brands spilling the beans on “the next big trend!”

Know what most of them were launching this year? Spiralizers.

It seems the zoodle trend is here to stay. With so many of us putting aside pasta for rare occasions, we’re turning to veggie noodles to satisfy our cravings. And what happy satisfaction it is!

Though zucchini is the most often spiralized veggie, I wanted to dish up a quick Springtime side and thought cucumber noodles (coodles?) sounded so bright and inviting, I couldn’t help but hit the kitchen.

Check out just how beauty this recipe turned out.

This lovely little salad starts with seriously simple and so good ingredients. English cucumber, fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. Salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil and a splash of balsamic is all you need finish it off.

Though cukes can withstand all sorts of spiralizing, peeling and slicing, I decided to go the quick route and pulled out my julienne peeler. A few quick swipes and I had a bowl full of coodles.

Time to toss it all together. Tomatoes and mozzarella in the bowl. A kiss of basil to come.

Though you can toss the salad together with oil and vinegar, I found the cuke noodles to be a little tender and didn’t want to overwork them. So I simply drizzled oil and vinegar over the finished bowl, then added salt and pepper. So pretty.

And the final flavor, you ask? So nice. Exactly the sort of thing you’d want to dive into on a warm spring or summer day. Glass of wine optional. Coodles, mandatory.

Enjoy!

Brooke blogs at Cheeky Kitchen, where she shares crazy simple, healthy family recipes. She joined Tablespoon to share some of her best, so keep an eye on Brooke's profile to see what she cooks up next!