This honey-lime caprese salad is a unique variation of the traditional balsamic caprese salad. The honey-lime vinaigrette is fresh (and addicting), and it pairs well with the mozzarella and tomatoes. This is a perfect summer salad recipe to pair with your favorite protein or as a dish to bring to a barbecue.
Ingredients for honey-lime caprese salad
While I love balsamic dressing, I like that this is a unique caprese salad without balsamic. The fresh flavors are surprising and delicious.
- Mozzarella — Fresh mozzarella balls in water are typically found near the specialty cheeses in a grocery store. Even in my rural area, I’m able to find this cheese for mozzarella caprese salads.
- Tomatoes — I love to use grape or cherry tomatoes for this salad as they are often more reliably tasty than the larger tomatoes I find at the grocery store. However, when my garden tomatoes are ready, I will definitely use a larger tomato for this recipe as garden tomatoes are the best!
- Fresh vegetables — I love adding green and red peppers to this recipe for an extra color pop, but you could add other vegetables that you like to this caprese salad recipe.
- Basil — this fresh herb is a staple in caprese salad, and it pairs well with the honey-lime dressing, tomato, and mozzarella flavors.
- Honey-lime vinaigrette — this delicious dressing comes together with honey, lime, and white wine vinegar. Add a little salt and pepper, and it’s ready to drizzle on top of the caprese salad.
How to make caprese salad and the honey-lime dressing
This mozzarella and tomato caprese salad is EASY to make, and it requires dicing the vegetables and mixing the dressing up. I prefer slicing the mozzarella, but you could leave it whole or cut it down even smaller.
I love to display the cut vegetables side-by-side to visually see each color, but you could also mix the entire salad together.
Other sides and appetizers you’ll love:
- Caprese skewers (with balsamic glaze)
- Greek pasta salad (with extra protein)
- Air fryer brussels sprouts
Honey-Lime Caprese Salad
Description
This honey-lime caprese salad is a unique variation of the traditional balsamic caprese salad. The honey-lime vinaigrette is fresh (and addicting), and it pairs well with the mozzarella and tomatoes. This is a perfect summer salad recipe to pair with your favorite protein or as a dish to bring to a barbecue.
Ingredients
Salad:
- 4 oz. tomato, sliced
- 4 oz. fresh mozzarella balls, sliced
- 1/2 green pepper, diced
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
- 1 Tbsp. red onion, diced
- Basil, chopped
Honey-lime vinaigrette:
- 1 tsp. lime juice
- 1 tsp. white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp. honey
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- Dash of salt and pepper
Instructions
- Prepare the vegetables and mozzarella and place in a bowl or platter.
- Prepare the honey-lime vinaigrette and add to the top.
Notes
- Any variety of tomato can work in this recipe.
- Consider choosing one color pepper and using the entire pepper (instead of half/half)
- This recipe is easy to double or triple for larger crowds. Place the ingredients on a larger serving platter, drizzling the vinaigrette on top.