Caprese Pasta Salad

I absolutely LOOOVE to make a tomatoe salad in the summer time, so when I saw this recipe, I had to try this!! It is sooooo good, soooooo easy, and oh so pretty!

Ingredients:

1 lb of your choice shape pasta

1 pint grape tomatoes, quartered

1 container mozzerella balls, or you can cube a pound of mozzerella

1 cup of fresh basil, cut into ribbon strips

Homemade dressing:

2 large cloves of fresh garlic, squeezed thru a press

1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

3 tablespoons of olive oil

How to make:

Cook pasta as directed. Drain and set aside.

Mix the three ingredients for the dressing and set aside. This is alot of dressing, so be sure to put it in something you can pour. I have my leftover saved for another salad.

Here's the dressing and my fresh, home grown basil. :)

Now place the pasta in the bowl you will serve the salad in. Toss it with the dressing, adding a little at a time.

Toss in diced tomatoes, mozzerella balls, and strips of basil. 

Simple and beautiful !!