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Home » Family Meals » Hasselback Caprese Salad

Hasselback Caprese Salad

June 8, 2015 by Ciara Attwell, Updated September 19, 2019

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A simple but impressive way of serving a Caprese Salad. A great way to get kids excited about tomatoes!

A simple but impressive way of serving a Caprese Salad. A great way to get kids excited about tomatoes! | My Fussy Eater BlogLets face it, salad just isn’t exciting to kids. As much as we try to convince our children that lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber are all delicious, most are not convinced! So how can we encourage them to eat more salad? For me the key is to make food interesting and exciting. A bowl of fresh raw salad ingredients may look vibrant and tasty to us, but to children it looks bland and boring.

So I decided to give the simple Caprese Salad a makeover… hasselback style! These hedgehog style tomatoes now look a lot for appetizing to kids and are sure to spark their imagination when it comes to foods that they would ordinarily turn down.

They are so easy to make with just a few simple ingredients. Check out the short video below.

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A simple yet impressive way of serving caprese salad. And a great way to make tomatoes exciting for kids! | My Fussy Eater Blog

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A simple but impressive way of serving a Caprese Salad. A great way to get kids excited about tomatoes! | My Fussy Eater Blog

Hasselback Caprese Salad


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  • Author: Bianca Carey Spencer
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2-3 1x
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Cuisine: Italian
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A simple but impressive way of serving a Caprese Salad. A great way to get kids excited about tomatoes!


Ingredients

  • 3 medium or  2 large tomatoes
  • 1 mozzarella ball
  • basil leaves
  • olive oil
  • balsamic drizzle

Instructions

  1. Slice the mozzarella ball into roughly 1cm slices.
  2. Makes slices in the tomatoes ensuring that you do not cut all the way through.
  3. Place half a slice of mozzarella into each of the slits in the tomatoes.
  4. Add a basil leaf to each of the slits.
  5. Drizzle each of the tomatoes with olive oil and balsamic drizzle.
  6. Serve immediately.

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Filed Under: Egg Free, Family Meals, Gluten Free, Nut Free Recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian, Video Tagged With: mozzarella, tomaotes

Comments

  1. Sharif Miah says

    September 25, 2019 at 4:03 pm

    Amazing one!!! no words to explain it.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. Hannah says

    December 24, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    These look delicious! I’ll definitely have to try making them for my mum (a caprese superfan) at some point! They look so pretty too – they’d make a great appetiser or starter!

    Reply
  3. Janet says

    March 5, 2018 at 12:26 pm

    These look so tasty! Love tomato and mozzarella so can’t wait to try these.

    Reply
  4. Wheelie Good Meals says

    June 11, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    Great idea, I love hasselback potatoes so this idea is fab. I’ev scheduled to share on facebook #TastyTuesday

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 12, 2015 at 10:13 am

      Thank you Richards, much appreciated!

      Reply
  5. Honest mum says

    June 9, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    Absolutely stunning dish and have pinned to my low carb board, love the video too, I’e subscribed x

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:26 am

      Thank you Vicki! Love Tasty Tuesdays so much!

      Reply
  6. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

    June 9, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    These look lovely, perfect for summer eating and picnics x #tastytuesdays

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:26 am

      Thanks Kirsty. Yes they’re great for the summer!

      Reply
  7. Becky | Spirited Puddle Jumper says

    June 9, 2015 at 10:45 am

    oh wow, these are lovely! My youngest is a huge tomato fan, so I think she will be sold on these. My children are always more willing to try things when they look visually fun 🙂 #tastytuesdays

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:26 am

      Absolutely Becky. I seem to spend my whole life making food look appealing to my fussy eater!

      Reply
  8. Laura @ Life with Baby Kicks says

    June 9, 2015 at 10:26 am

    That makes ME want to eat tomatoes and I hate them! #tastytuesday

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:27 am

      Ha ha!! My work here is done Laura!!

      Reply
  9. Amy (Feeding Finn) says

    June 9, 2015 at 8:58 am

    What a great idea, I think i’ll try this tonight. Finn will love it! #TastyTuesdays
    Amy

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:27 am

      Thanks Amy. I hope Finn enjoys them!

      Reply
  10. Fionnuala says

    June 9, 2015 at 8:55 am

    Brilliant idea Ciara!
    #TastyTuesday
    Fionnuala from http://www.mykitchennotebook.blogspot.com

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:27 am

      Thank you Fionnuala!

      Reply
  11. Mummy Tries says

    June 9, 2015 at 5:44 am

    Oh that is so cute! Lovely flavours and very visually pleasing #tastytuesdays

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:28 am

      Thank you, so glad you like them!

      Reply
  12. Marta @petiteraisin.ca says

    June 9, 2015 at 2:00 am

    Love calling them hedgehogs…hopefully a fun animal name will entice our little Raisin to eat this! Great idea. Pinned!

    #tastytuesdays

    .:Marta:.

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:28 am

      Lol! Yes I’ll use any trick in the book to make my kids eat more veg!

      Reply

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