Tomato Basil Avocado Mozzarella Salad with Balsamic Dressing – you’ll love this refreshing, healthy, Mediterranean style salad. Made with fresh ingredients, it’s perfect for the Summer!
This recipe is simple and uses just a few ingredients: tomatoes, fresh basil, avocado, Mozzarella cheese, and easy homemade balsamic dressing.
One of my favorite salad dressings ever is just a simple dressing with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and honey. It goes really well with these salad ingredients:
This salad is perfect as a stand-alone meal if you’re not too hungry, it makes a great appetizer, and it’s also great to bring for cook-outs, picnics, and potlucks.
Enjoy!
This recipe is simple and uses just a few ingredients: tomatoes, fresh basil, avocado, Mozzarella cheese, and easy homemade balsamic dressing. Healthy and delicious! Makes a great side dish to all kinds of grilled meats and fish!
- 1/2 pound red grape or cherry tomatoes, halved (2 cups)
- 1/2 pound yellow grape or cherry tomatoes, halved (2 cups)
- 2 avocados , diced
- 8 ounces small fresh mozzarella cheese balls
- 1/2 cup fresh basil , chopped
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons honey , warmed
- salt to taste
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In a large bowl, combine all salad ingredients, except Mozzarella cheese balls. That is, combine halved red and yellow grape or cherry tomatoes, diced avocado, chopped basil.
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In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients: whisk olive oil, balsamic vinegar and honey until nice and smooth.
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Add the salad dressing to the large bowl with salad, sprinkle with a small amount of salt, and toss to combine. Taste and season with more salt, if needed. Add Mozzarella cheese balls on top only at this point - so that they don't brown from the dressing.
I added crispy, chopped bacon and sliced green onions. Mmmmm!
Love your additions!
I guess you could add some pasta to this to feed more people.
That’s a great idea!
Great salad. I too use white balsamic to prevent discoloration. Also, try tossing the cut avocado with a small amount of lemon juice to prevent them turning brown so rapidly.
Thank you for such great tips! I am glad you enjoyed the salad!
The salad was amazing. The dressing amount was way too much. It was added after we arrived at the party and just dumped on and there was so much it sat in the bottom 🙁 I will definitely make this again – I will however, add a small amount of dressing at a time.
Thank you, Jenn, for your amazing feedback! I am glad you liked the recipe! I also usually add just enough dressing to coat the salad.
I very much agree about the salad dressing being way too much. Next time, I will cut it to 3T each of oil and vinegar.
You can use white balsamic vinegar…it won’t discolor anything.
Good idea! Thanks for the tip!
Can this be made ahead? Adding the mozzarella right before serving?
You can make this ahead, but keep the salad dressing separate and add it right before serving.
I would hold off on cutting the avocado too far in advance, it turns brown pretty quick & brown avocado is not pretty.
I made a small batch of this recipe for my dinner tonight & it was so darn good, I put the gazpacho I had poured back in the fridge & made a 2nd small batch. Just for me! I did enjoy it over a handful of fresh spring greens & substituted balsamic reduction I already had made (vs making the dressing for just me) but that dressing looks so perfectly matched, I can hardly wait to serve the complete recipe along side crab cake & fried green tomato stacks this weekend.
Thanks so much for a light, satisfying dinner that was so good, I had to have seconds.
Good point – I would hold off on cutting the avocado if making this salad in advance. So glad you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂
Great recipe!! I even added onion and cucumber to it.
Thank you! I am glad you liked it!
Wow. I’m obsessed with this salad. Everyone loves it!
Thank you!
Thank you for such a sweet comment! I am glad you’ve been enjoying this salad. 🙂
Fabulous recipe! The addition of the honey gives the dressing a nice flavor!!
Thank you! I am glad you liked the salad and the dressing!