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#215 The Case of Caprazy Salad

For whatever reason, I hesitated to substitute tofu for mozzarella in this traditional Italian salad. Now I'm asking myself, "What the heck took you so long?"

 4 tomatoes, cored, ends trimmed, sliced
1 lb medium tofu (rough edges trimmed if necessary), sliced
1 cup fresh basil leaves
olive oil for drizzling
balsamic glaze for drizzling
salt
pepper

Arrange the tomato slices on two plates.

Tuck in the tofu slices. Aim for a pleasing, random look.

Scatter on the beautiful, intense, fresh basil leaves, tucking in a few of them as well.

Drizzle on the olive oil, then the balsamic glaze. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serves 2 meal-size salads.

♥ Becki
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  1. Anonymous22 December 2019 at 07:38

    Any good classic cookie recipes?

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    1. Cynthia St-Pierre7 September 2023 at 13:18

      I'm getting a handle on responding to comments I didn't even know I had (for years). Yikes. Please forgive me. Please also accept my apology for not having a cookie recipe. Yet.

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