I have had a caprese salad before. I was watching and episode of Sex and the city and they were eating it, sooooo seeing as I was a huge fan way back in the day, I decided to try it out.

I loved it, okay maybe I liked it to a certain point and then along the way I got tired of the basil leaves, then the tomatoes and finally I just stopped eating the salad all together.

While I was reading one of Mary Berry’s recipe books,  I came across a recipe for avocado caprese salad.

At first, I didn’t want to make it and then after a long debate with myself, I decided oh what the heck, I have two ripe avocadoes in the fridge, I might as well make it.

The end result, was mind blowing, from the appearance to the taste.

It tasted soo much different to the normal caprese salad that I had given up soo long ago.

Ingredients:

• 4 x tomatoes, thickly sliced.
• Salt and pepper.
• 250g x mozzarella, cut into rounds.
• 2 x avocadoes, sliced.
• 2 x tbsp. lemon juice.
• 4 x tbsp. olive oil.
• Basil sprigs

Method:

• Place tomatoe slices in a bowl and toss with some seasoning and set aside.
• In another bowl, toss the avocado slices and lemon juice together and set aside.
• On a platter arrange the tomatoe slices and cheese slices together.
• Place the avocadoe slices ontop of the salad.
• Sprinkle basil springs over the top.
• Finally drizzle the olive oil over the top of the salad.