It’s hard to know whether this is a salad or an appetizer. All that really matters is that it’s good, and remarkably easy. The tomatoes you use must be superb, and you must use fresh mozzarella, not the cheap kind sold for pizza. Look for it in a tub of water in the fancy cheese case.
Yield: 6 servings, each with 5 grams of carbohydrates and 1 gram of fiber, for a total of 4 grams of usable carbs and 17 grams of protein.
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup fresh, finely chopped basil
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 pound fresh mozzarella
- 3 ripe tomatoes, sliced
- Fresh ground or coarsely ground pepper
INSTRUCTIONS
- Mix the basil with the olive oil and set aside.
- Cut 18 slices of mozzarella and tomatoes (6 slices from each tomato). Arrange three slices of tomato and three slices of mozzarella on each serving plate.
- Spoon a couple of teaspoons of the basil and olive oil over each plate.
- Scatter just a tiny bit of pepper over each plate and serve.
