This Strawberry Avocado Caprese Salad recipe is simple yet stunning! It’s healthy, quick, and tastes irresistibly delicious. You’ll want extra dressing to pour onto everything!
Happy post-Independence Day, Everyone! Hope you enjoyed plenty of fun, relaxation, fireworks, and the best, easy BBQ and grilling recipes that should be made all summer long.
If you’re like me and had one too many bowls of Creamy Chocolate Ice Cream or three too many Fudgy Brownies, then you might feel kinda like I do right now — time to fuel myself with lighter, healthyish fare. [Because yes, I also munched my way through Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies and sipped too much Cherry Mojito. #keepingitreal]
I’m definitely ready for a big plate of Strawberry Avocado Caprese Salad. We can all be super grateful that this is one of those salads that people actually crave and want to devour. Yet this bowl of luscious berries, creamy avocado, and fresh basil is 100% in the healthy salad category…
How to Make Strawberry Avocado Caprese Salad
As always, start off with the freshest, ripest, sweetest berries you can get. My favorite is, of course, organic local fresh-picked strawberries. Summer time is the best time for hoarding all the juicy berries. Ditto for the fresh basil. If you’re lucky enough to grow your own, you’ve got that part down. Otherwise, just be sure to buy a bunch of fresh basil.
We like sweet cherry tomatoes or any variety of bite-sized sweet tomatoes for this caprese recipe. The crunch goes really well with the rest of the salad.
We suggest using fresh pearl mozzarella balls, which are like baby sized balls. They’re smaller than the usual mozzarella balls. We like them for their ease of use (no need to slice them in half) and their cuteness.
For the avocado, it’s best to use ones that are ripe yet still firm enough to easily slice through; you don’t want mushy avocado here. Save the too-soft ones for this 5-Minute Real Guacamole .
Lastly, the balsamic vinegar. Use the best quality balsamic you possibly can, as the vinegar is basically the only ingredient in the entire dressing; so you’ll want a good one. We reduce our balsamic vinegar by half, which results in this thick, sweet, tangy yum-drizzle ↓
Why we love Avocado Strawberry Caprese Salad
- It’s way too easy not to try
- Once you try it, it’ll be on salad rotation the rest of summer
- Gives you an excuse to hoard all the berries
- It’s full of antioxidants, vitamins, and nutrients
- It looks beeaauutiful
- It tastes like a delicious mouthful of summer
Go ahead. Berry on. 😊
You’ll probably want this all summer, too:
Strawberry Avocado Caprese Salad Recipe
Description
This Strawberry Avocado Caprese Salad recipe is simple yet stunning! It’s healthy, quick, and tastes irresistibly delicious. You’ll want extra dressing to pour onto everything!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup good quality balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup mozzarella pearls (extra mini)
- 1 cup sweet cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup ripe strawberries, hulled and halved
- 1 large semi-ripe avocado, diced and sprinkled with lime juice
- 1/2 cup basil leaves, torn to small pieces
- kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
- Optional: honey roasted almonds, chopped or slivered
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, add the balsamic vinegar and bring to a boil. Boil and stir 3-4 minutes or just until liquid is reduced by about half; should be thick and syrup-like. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool to room temp.
- When ready to serve, add all remaining ingredients to a large platter or bowl, folding very gently with rubber spatula. Add kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste. Drizzle with balsamic glaze, sprinkle with almonds if desired, and serve immediately.
Notes
Slice the avocado last, prior to serving, and sprinkle with lime juice in order to prevent browning.
Caprese salad is best when tossed and served immediately. Be sure all ingredients are chilled prior to slicing/combining.
- Category: salad, side
- Cuisine: Italian American
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Strawberry Avocado Chicken Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
Strawberry Asparagus Farro Salad
Avocado Black Bean Corn Salad with Lime Dressing
Ok. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before, but I LOVE the idea of having avocado paired with strawberry for a caprese. What a great idea!!
Strawberry avocado salad looks so good! I would to try fresh strawberry crumb cake too!
Oh My! This looks delectable and something I can have (vegetarian here!) I made a watermelon and goat cheese salad today, will try this next week 🙂
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I love mixing sweet and savoury but my stomach just doesn’t tolerate avocado. I really struggle with the texture as well.
I admit this is a combo I would have never think of for a salad, but I love everything that’s in it! so I will definitely try it ! 🙂
OMG!! I love strawberry so much!?! and I am a big fan of avocado (which is our season fruit now) – I had never thought of combining that two.. But I find this perfect!
This recipe looks like it tastes amazing! Perfect and refreshing for the summer time too!
strawberry and avocado sound like a fun combo to try. Avocado works with pretty much everything so why not? trying!
This salad looks so delicious! All of those ingredients look perfect together.
so healthy, and yummy, visually appetizing too! You can never go wrong with ingredients like strawberries and avocado, plus it’s so easy to do!
Ooh I love the idea of strawberry and avocado together, it looks and sounds really delicious indeed!
Will never gone wrong with strawberry! I love strawberries! Great recipes, would love to try it out especially during summer time! I’m sure eat this with my favorite lemonade will be a great combination while chilling at the pool too.
Avocado and Strawberries are two of my most favorite things, I would love to try this recipe. Your pictures are already making me hungry, so delicious and healthy.
Yummy combination! The sweetness of the tomatoes and strawberries combined with the creamy, warm avocado? Yes please!
Wow! This one’s a winner.I just love everything about this!My boys would both probably DIG this!
This salad looks perfect for summer. I like the balance between colors and fruits and vegetables.