I finally found some heirloom tomatoes! YA! I am literally jumping for joy over this.
All last summer I looked and looked and looked some more, but not once could I find any of these pretty tomatoes. But the other day, there they were! I bought like all of them and then proceeded to come home and eat them like apples. Because I am weird and find fruits to be one of the best foods ever. During the summer months I pretty much exist on fresh fruit and veggies. It’s the best if you ask me.
I knew that I had to use these tomatoes in a way that would highlight their deliciousness in the best way possible. And to me that screams, “keep it super simple”. No cooking them, or adding tons of spices or anything like that. Nope, I went classic… with a little twist because burrata cheese is mozzarella’s creamy cousin and well, you can never go wrong with adding avocados. Especially when grilling is involved.
Everything about this is simple. You need a loaf of really good crusty bread, fresh burrata cheese, fresh basil, avocados, tomatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper. If you are feeling a little crazy, make the balsamic drizzle. The toast doesn’t NEED the drizzle, but I will say, caprese anything never feels complete without a little balsamic.
Now let’s talk about grilling bread. Have you done it? If you haven’t, you must. It’s better than the toaster, better than the oven and something I will surely be doing all summer long. I discovered the beauty of grilled toast last summer when I made these caprese nachos (I obviously love caprese). There is so much flavor added from the grill and the way the bread gets all crispy is to die for.
You really have to try it.
You know what I was thinking?
Growing up I never knew what a caprese salad was. Salads to me were pretty much iceberg lettuce, some carrots and ranch. And really, that never happened very much. I think that having all boys in the house helped contribute to the “winner, winner chicken dinners” – like every night. Although, I do have to say that growing up my dad would have salad almost every single night for dinner. He’d make us our chicken and rice and then make himself a giant salad. I never thought much of it then, but now I totally get it. A little veggies needed if you ask me.
Now that I do all cooking salads are a much more prominent factor in our diets. Just tryin to keep us all healthy, you know?
I know that toast is not technically supposed to be dinner or really even lunch, but you can’t help but fill up on these. They are that good.
Sorry if my head is all over the place today, too many thoughts or maybe may not enough…. I don’t know, I can’t figure it out, but I am happy it’s Thursday. And sharing this toast. Of course!
And these incredible tomatoes!
