This Burrata Caprese salad recipe is for those days when you have the finest heirloom tomatoes sitting on the kitchen counter, but can’t decide between fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheese to pile them over. The struggle is real! So you naturally reach for the finest soft cheese on the planet, right? And you make a tomato burrata salad served over fresh basil pesto, like a boss! Because If you have perfect tomatoes, you most likely have a little bit too much fresh basil that needs to be used ...
Best Salads Recipes
Fresh Tomato Salsa Recipe
The best fresh tomato salsa recipe or “ salsa fresca ", made with freshly picked heirloom tomatoes, beautiful green and red onions, fragrant cilantro, jalapeño and fresh lime juice. Homemade, from scratch! Healthy and easy like Sunday morning, you can also make it with red or green tomatoes, tomatillo, and If you aren’t a fan of cilantro just leave it out and replace it with basil. The perfect topping for my Mexican Shrimp Tacos, pupusas, to spoon over a gorgeous piece of salmon, grilled ...
Strawberry Salsa Recipe
 A delicious fruity strawberry salsa recipe perfect as a dip with a bag of chips, or spooned over your favorite fish, like salmon or halibut, grilled chicken or street tacos. I keep saying: it’s all about the simple things kids, and this right here is living proof of that! Sweet and zesty, I even serve it with my seared orange scallops and tuna poke. Total killer! Tough I gave my recipe a classic spin with jalapeño and cilantro, I also make it with fresh basil, orange, honey and a balsamic ...
Autumn Salad Recipe with Roasted Butternut Squash
The best autumn salad recipe, highlighting fall produce like roasted butternut squash, beets and brussel sprouts on a bed of heirloom black rice dressed in a citrusy blood orange vinaigrette. | Food style by: Florentina | Food Photo by: MihaMatei.com | The perfect autumn inspired salad to feed a crowd and a staple at our Thanksgiving / Friendsgiving dinner party.  As soon as the temperatures drop and it is bearable to blast my oven, the harvest vegetable roasting begins. From butternut ...
Tomato Basil Salad Recipe
Get goosebumps when you bite into this aromatic Tomato Basil Salad. Fresh heirloom tomatoes and shallots combine with a tart chive vinaigrette for the perfect lunch or side. Add the various basil leaves and blossoms for a simple, yet elegant, salad. Tomato Basil Salad This is the perfect summary dish because these basil blossoms just scream the perfect warm weather herb.There’s just something about their flavor that pairs with the summer air so flawlessly. Not to mention, the chives make ...
Burrata Roasted Tomato Salad Recipe
I’ve made so many roasted tomato salads in my life, but this one served over pouches of fresh burrata cheese and drizzled with a zesty scallion dressing takes the cake. Make sure to use the very thin and mild scallions, or substitute with a large bunch of onion chives. I used a mix of heirloom cherry tomatoes but it can be done with the larger variety, sliced or cut into wedges. They will take longer to roast and collapse, but equally delicious. Mandatory to wipe our plates clean with ...
Tomato Avocado Salad Recipe
Creamy, healthy and tasty heirloom Tomato Avocado Salad with purple onions and cilantro, in a zesty olive oil lime dressing! The perfect, California style summer salad to serve next to grilled chicken, shrimp or steak. Add some feta, queso fresco or blue cheese on top If you want and call it lunch. If your tomatoes are more on the acidic side I’d suggest adding a drizzle of honey to the dressing. This is the time to splurge on those sweet, colorful heirloom tomatoes at the market, the ...
Basil Pear Salad Recipe
A fragrant pear salad on a bed of fresh basil, lightly dressed in a silky honey lemon vinaigrette and finished with creamy goat cheese and candied walnuts. Let’s make a pear salad today! We start with fresh, ripe, sweet and juicy D’Anjou pears and the youngest basil leaves from the garden. Then we whisk together a lemon honey vinaigrette with a little attitude from red pepper flakes to pour over the top. To make it amazing and festive enough for Thanksgiving and Christmas, I loaded it ...