This salad is delicious as a side dish to almost any dinner and should be cooked with the freshest ingredients possible! Use another size of fresh mozzarella in place of the bocconcini if you are unable to locate or do not have any.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 cups baby spinach, rinsed and dried
- 2 cups arugula, rinsed and dried
- 2 cups grape tomatoes
- 1 cup fresh bocconcini cheese, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup minced red onion
Instructions
- Combine the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, and black pepper in a jar with a lid; set aside. Gently combine the spinach, arugula, tomatoes, bocconcini cheese, and onion in a pretty serving bowl. Shake the salad dressing vigorously to combine, and drizzle over the salad to serve.
- The term “bocconcini” refers to a ball of fresh mozzarella about 1-inch in diameter. Since this recipe calls for the cheese to be cubed anyway, feel free to buy any size ball of fresh mozzarella.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 259 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 16 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 445 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Love it
Very similar to “Arugula Caprese Salad,” also from this site. If you use the ingredients “to taste,” rather than strictly measuring, I like this recipe better. The amount of onions is overkill; almost 3 T., minced, for one serving! I did reduce that significantly, and just kind of sliced the onion instead of mincing it. I do love the mix of spinach with the arugula, the mild spinach a nice counterpoint to mellow the sharper, peppery, arugula. Unfortunately, I had no spinach on hand to add, yet it was still delicious. I had a similar vinaigrette leftover from another salad, one I had adjusted to the 3:1 oil to vinegar ratio I prefer. The red onion added the slightest bite and flavor contrast to wake this up. Because I had it to add, and because this was so similar to a salad I had just days ago, I added artichokes and black olives. (And some leftover cannellini bean salad and broken crostini once I took the photos 🙂 Hubs had a dinner meeting this evening, so this was a perfect “dinner alone” meal for me along with a glass of my favorite Cab and a beautiful Naples sunset.
excellent salad, great taste and texture. Next time I would reduce the dressing by at least half.