Caprese Remix by Chris Fullman - Recipe

Caprese Remix

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Chef: Chris Fullman

I was looking for a moderately light snack filled with nutrients and had a refrigerator stocked with vegetables. This did the trick, it’s amazing how a little bit of mint can turn a salad around!

Prep time: 20 Min. Cook time: 0 Min. Serves: 4

Ingredients

3 Vine-ripened tomatoes

1/2 cup sliced Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 lime, juiced

1 large carrot, diced

1 cup diced baby portobello mushrooms

5 Mint leaves

1 Shallot

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine chopped tomatoes (cut in small wedges), with the remaining ingredients, along with diced mint leaves.

Let stand for 15 minutes at room temperature before serving.

Substitutions: Mint with cilantro, Parmasean with Asiago
Extra ingredients to consider: sweet kernel corn (canned or fresh), asparagus spears.

Recipe tags: caprese mint salad vegitables appetizer italian healthy easy quick refreshing leftovers lime tomatoes gluten-free Vegetarian Yummy

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Luke.sutton

wrote on April 05, 2008

Dead easy to make and very tasty. The mint, lime and parmesan is a surprising combination.

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Chris Fullman

wrote on April 21, 2008

Thanks Luke! Wish I had a better camera, that image doesn’t do justice for the recipe. :)