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I love how delicious and full of flavor this Tomato Mozzarella Salad is. It’s so delicious, easy to make, and perfect to add to your dinner table as a side dish or serve as an appetizer for a small party or potluck.
The perfect way to give your Tomato salad an upgrade is to add some mozzarella balls to it. It gives a nice protein boost with the perfect combination of crunchy and soft cheese.
I mixed sweet cherry tomatoes with mozzarella cheese and tossed them in with a zesty dressing made with herbs, vinegar, and oil. This tomato and mozzarella salad recipe is perfect for any occasion, and I promise the kids will love it too.
My cucumber tomato feta salad and my easy marinated tomatoes are so tasty too. Check them out.
Recipe Overview
Tips: Before you get started
Here are some tips you should consider before you get started with making this salad.
- Tomatoes: Use any tomatoes. I highly recommend using cherry or grape tomatoes. They are sweet, crunchy, and perfect for this salad.
- Oil: I used olive oil, but other oils like grapeseed oil or avocado oil will work. Nothing really beats olive oil in salads, though.
- Vinegar: I used red wine, but you may use white or balsamic.
- Use fresh garlic and not garlic powder
- Fresh parsley is preferred but if in a pinch use dried parsley
- Try to use fresh tomatoes. They tend to be crunchy and not mushy and soft
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
- You may make this tomato salad ahead and store the dressing separately. When ready to serve, toss in the dressing.
Ingredients you will need
Here is a list of ingredients you will need for this delicious Tomato Mozzarella Salad. Full measurements are listed further down below in the recipe card.
How to make tomato mozzarella Salad
Here’s how you can make this salad perfectly each time. No-fail!
1️⃣ Chop the tomatoes and prepare the ingredinets
First, you need to wash the tomatoes, chop them in half, and prepare all the ingredients.
✏️ I really like grape or cherry tomatoes for this recipe. It does make a huge difference since they are sweet and crunchy. Unless you really don’t want to go get these and you have some vine-ripe tomatoes sitting in your fridge, then use what you have on hand.
2️⃣ Make the dressing
Making the dressing is easy. Grab a jar or a bowl, add all the dressing ingredients, and shake vigorously to emulsify. These ingredients will be: olive oil, minced garlic, vinegar, dried oregano, honey, parsley, salt, and pepper.
✏️ You can always make this dressing ahead of time and either leave it on your counter for a few hours or store it in your fridge overnight.
3️⃣ Come the salad ingredients, mix, and serve
Time to bring it all together. In a medium bowl, add the halved tomatoes and mozzarella balls. Then, drizzle with the prepared dressing and toss to combine. (optional) Finally, refrigerate for at least 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
✏️ Letting the salad sit for a bit is optional to let everything soak in and bring out the flavor. If pressed for time, you can skip it.
Common questions
The first thing that comes to mind is to make a nice homemade tomato sauce for pasta. I have a nice Homemade Marinara sauce recipe to check out. Also, you can make this Homemade roasted Tomato soup! Another option is to make tomato salad! Try this mozzarella tomato salad recipe. It’s amazing.
I do not recommend freezing this salad. It does not freeze well. The tomatoes will come out mushy once thawed and the mozzarella cheese doesn’t freeze well either.
Most stores have fresh mozzarella balls and pearls. But if you can’t find any, you can use the large fresh mozzarella and dice it up into smaller bite-sized pieces.
Place your leftover tomato salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. You may store the dressing separately if you aren’t ready to serve.
Tomato Mozzarella Salad
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, halved
- 8 ounces mini mozzarella balls
Dressing:
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar, or balsamic vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Kosher salt and ground pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Wash and chop the tomatoes, prepare the ingredients, and have them ready.
- To a small jar, add all the dressing ingredients and shake vigorously to emulsify. (1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar, 1 garlic clove, 2 teaspoons honey, 1/4 cup fresh parsley, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, and Kosher salt and ground pepper)
- In a medium bowl, add the halved 1 1/2 pounds grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes and 8 ounces mini mozzarella balls.
- Drizzle with the prepared dressing and toss to combine.
- Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
Notes
- Use any tomatoes. I highly recommend using cherry or grape tomatoes. They are sweet, crunchy, and perfect for this salad.
- Oil: I used olive oil, but other oils like grapeseed oil or avocado oil will work
- Vinegar: I used red wine, but you may use white or balsamic.
- Use fresh garlic and not garlic powder
- Fresh parsley is preferred, but if in a pinch, use dried parsley
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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So good and yummy
So good
This recipe is delicious. I plan to use this dressing on tossed salads, etc. So yummy!
Thanks for the feedback.
This salad is amazing
Thank you!
Super delicious! Great way to use up cherry tomatoes. Used dried parsley, but added about 1T of fresh chopped Basil. Everyone liked it!
I loved this recipe . I used both orange and red cherry tomatoes and after I plated it I squirted some fresh lemon juice on top as I would rather not use salt. Definitely going to write this down in my recipe book,five star quality
Great. Glad you liked it