Caprese salad

There's nothing better than a caprese salad on a warm summer night, especially made with your first ripe tomatoes and basil picked from a pot on the deck.  It's a perfect and satisfying meal of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil.  Caprese is also beautiful and was designed to resemble the colors of the Italian flag: red, white, and green.

I told John we should have stopped eating right there, but NO!
Mr. and Mrs. Piggy followed up with a grilled steak.  Not just any steak, but a fattening little bacon-wrapped beef filet from Costco. An impulse purchase. 

Speaking of Costco, that's where I buy these marinated mozzarella balls.  This particular brand is a wonderful fresh product.  It also bakes beautifully on pizza without getting too runny or gummy. I'm sure you can buy it other places too, but probably not in the bargain tub size.  But it's amazing how fast we'll go through one of these in the summer.