tomato & basil balsamic vinaigrette

Name: Tomato & Basil Balsamic Vinaigrette
Prep time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) pre washed baby spinach leaves; 3 large tomatoes, cored & sliced thin; 6 slice(s) mozzarella cheese slices quartered; 4 tablespoon(s) olive oil or canola oil; 1 tablespoon(s) snipped fresh basil, chopped finely; 1 tablespoon(s) green onion tops, chopped for garnish; 3 tablespoon(s) balsamic vinegar; 2 tablespoon(s) apple cider vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon(s) sugar (my addition) optional; 3 clove(s) garlic minced; 1/8 teaspoon(s) steak seasoning

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Rose Mary Mogan

Sauk Village, IL

Updated on May 1, 2014

This wonderful tasting salad was one of the new items I chose to make for our 9th Anniversary Dinner. It was very well received by my husband Dan & I loved it too. I used a Balsamic Vinaigrette with chopped Basil to infuse the flavors together with added minced garlic. We love Garlic & by pre making it early & then wrapping it & leaving it in the fridge to chill enhanced the flavors. FROM COOK BOOK- A1 STEAK HOUSE FAVORITES. I added the tomatoes on a bed of fresh Baby spinach leaves, instead of lettuce, since we love spinach so much. I used Mozzarella cheese, but you can use others too

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prep time 25 Min

cook time

method No-Cook or Other

yield 6 or more depending on portion size and appetite

Ingredients

3/4 cup pre washed baby spinach leaves
3 large tomatoes, cored & sliced thin
6 slices mozzarella cheese slices quartered
4 tablespoons olive oil or canola oil
1 tablespoon snipped fresh basil, chopped finely
1 tablespoon green onion tops, chopped for garnish
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar (my addition) optional
3 cloves garlic minced
1/8 teaspoon steak seasoning

How To Make tomato & basil balsamic vinaigrette

Step 1

Wash and core tomatoes and slice thin. Line outer edge of serving platter with baby spinach leaves, reserving a few to go between each row of sliced tomatoes.

Step 2

Arrange the tomato & cheese slices in a pattern of your choice, I sort of alternated the cheese & tomatoes adding a slice of cheese between each tomato slice. Add the chopped green onion tops.
Step 3

I lightly sprinkled the steak seasoning over the platter. Then I mixed the oil, basil, vinegar,balsamic & minced garlic together in a small bowl & stirred it to blend. Then drizzled over the tomatoes and cheese. Then wrapped in saran wrap, and chilled about 3 hours before dinner was served.
Step 4

Here is the book that contains the original recipe.
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