Caprese salad is an Italian classic salad which is made with the combination of mozzarella cheese fresh tomatoes and basil leaves as the main ingredients.

This salad can be dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar along side with black chilli pepper and salt for taste.

As I have mentioned above the main ingredients in are:

Tomatoes 🍅: Tomatoes are often use in many cuisine for decorating purposes and health benefits as it is very rich in vitamin A and C.

Mozzarella 🧀 : Mozzarella is an Italian delicious cheese with creamy texture and mild flavour.

Basil leaves 🌿: Basil leaves gives fresh fragrant to the salad and it is a key ingredient in this salad.

There are other additional ingredients that can be used for caprese salad but I made use of only the three that I have stated above and dressing.

Main Ingredients

One handful of basil
2 Tomatoes
100grams of mozzarella cheese

Ingredients for dressing :

Balsamic vinegar to taste
Olive oil to taste
Black chilli Pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Preparation in steps

Step 1

I started by washing and disinfecting the tomatoes and after the thorough wash, I go ahead and slice the tomatoes in a uniform shapes.

Slice tomatoes

I carefully slice the cheese thinly for a perfect round shapes.

Round shapes mozzarella cheese

As for the Basil leaves, I washed it in hot water and later rinse it with cold water and put in a sieve to drain out the excess water.

My well drain basil leaves

Step 2

I used a dry clean plate and alternate the main ingredients which are cheese, tomatoes and basil leaf.

Main ingredients alternate

Step 3

This is the time where I made I added the black chilli pepper and salt to taste.

You can see the black chilli pepper

Step 4

I go in with the balsamic vinegar and olive oil as part of the dressing.

Done with the dressing

At this point I was done with my caprese salad which looks yummy and delicious.

Here is my caprese salad with my username and date.

Selfie with my caprese salad

Thank you @dasudi for this great lesson, I have really benefitted from your teaching.

2 - Have you tried a Caprese salad before? Tell us about the flavor of your salad? Did it meet your expectations?

This salad actually meet my expectations. In fact it was beyond my expectations since I have not try a combination of Basil leaves and mozzarella cheese before. I have been doing something similar not exactly this. I am glad that it came out well and the taste was very good. It gave me that amazing flavour with the combination I used.
My neighbour who came in and have a taste of it rated me high and promised to try the recipe.

3 - Highlight the benefits of tomato, cheese and basil leaves and indicate the price in Steem.

Benefits of tomatoes 🍅

Tomatoes provides us with vitamins A and C and as we know vitamin A is very good for our vision that is the eyes and vitamin C is good for human as well as it boast our immune system.

Tomatoes help in reducing the heart disease as well as lowering blood pressure.

The delicious nature of tomatoes makes is easy for us to incorporate it in our meals.

Benefits of cheese

Cheese is rich in protein and calcium and support our bones and gut health.
A good amount of vitamin B12 is found in cheese 🧀.

It's helps maintain our nerves when taken in moderation.

It also supports brain health

Benefits of basil leaves

Basil leaves support digestion because it is rich in antioxidant.
This leaves can reduce stress as well as anxiety.
And most importantly, it adds flavour to caprese salad without a trace of calories.
It is a nutrient packed leaves as vitamin such as A, C and K is present in it.

of the main ingredients in steem

Items	Prices in Naria	Price in Steem
Basil leaves	200	1
2 Tomatoes	300	1.5
Mozzarella cheese	500	2.5
Total	1000	5

The above prices is only for the main ingredients as requested from the question. Ingredient for the dressing is not included.

Do you have any special tips for making this salad? Share them.

It is my first time making this salad and asu such there is no special tips.
I only learn from the lesson presented by you and came up with this salad.
Alternatively, I used make the one we used cucumber, fresh tomatoes, avocado 🥑 and carrot 🥕. I have not try the combination of cheese, tomato and basil leaves before.

I'm inviting @josepha @manuelhooks @muzack1 to participate in this contest.