Easy Peasy Caprese

Both of these are adapted/inspired from my mother -- who is OBSESSED with caprese. It's something she discovered in Italy when she was stationed there and is comfort food for her. So I have maximized my groceries to create a main dish, and a side dish/appetizer that is easy to make and tastes great. For those of you that don't know what caprese is, it's basically tomatoes topped with mozzerella and basil seasoned with olive oil, salt and pepper. It's easy Italian goodness.

Below you will see *Chicken Caprese* recipe. It's delicious, filling, low carb and takes less than a half hour. One of my go to meals over the last few years. Thanks, Momma :)

Needs:

1 lean chicken breast

basil leaves

1 roma tomato

2 slices of turkey bacon

1 reduced-fat mozzerella stick

1: Stack each ingredient on top of eachother (hold off on the cheese, that goes in later :) and heat the oven to 375 degrees. So first goes the basil, then the tomatoes, then the turkey bacon.

Cook for 25 minutes. Take pan out of the oven, cut your cheese stick in half and put on top of the turkey bacon. Bake for another 5 minutes and you have a delish little chicken dish.

ApP AtTaCk!
Now for a little caprese appetizer. No bake, all you need is a knife and toothpics, along with you classic caprese ingredients, but using grape (or cherry!) tomatoes, a stick of the reduced mozzerella and basil leaves.

All you do is chop and skew - chop up the tomatoes, cheese stick and basil leaves and then string them along each pick. I recommend going tomato, basil, mozzerella, but no combination is wrong :) add salt & pepper if you wish and dig in. Serves as an appetizer or as a side tomato dish, like the one pictured below:

Hope this brings smiles to your stomach and good smells to your kitchen. Happy cooking!