By Grocery List Plus Editorial Staff | Published on June 2, 2026
Serves 4
35 cal · 10 min
Mini Caprese Bites
Recipe GLPR9c4a3a755d7fe5
Fresh and elegant bite-sized skewers combining creamy mozzarella, ripe cherry tomatoes, and fragrant basil. A classic Caprese combination dressed lightly with olive oil and balsamic vinegar—no cooking required. Perfect as an appetizer or light side dish.
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Ingredients
1 part-skim mozzarella cheese stick
4 cherry tomatoes
8 fresh basil leaves
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
4 toothpicks
Directions
Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water.
Rinse the cherry tomatoes and pat them dry. Gently rinse the basil leaves and pat dry as well.
Cut the mozzarella cheese stick into 4 equal pieces, each about 1 inch long.
Thread each toothpick with one piece of cheese, followed by one cherry tomato. Slide the toothpick back through the tomato and out the other side, then thread it through 2 basil leaves before removing.
Arrange the completed skewers on a serving platter.
Drizzle the olive oil evenly over all the skewers, then drizzle the balsamic vinegar over them as well.
Serve immediately while the cheese is cool and fresh.
Comments
All ingredients are available at any major Charlotte chain without a special trip, and the cost per serving runs about $1.50–$2.00 depending on mozzarella and tomato prices, making it genuinely cheap for a prepared bite. The stated ten minutes is honest if you're using a knife; you're cutting cheese into cubes, halving tomatoes, and threading toothpicks, which takes just that long. This is a same-night appetizer that doesn't reheat and demands zero cooking skill, but it's fussy plating work for a weeknight and doesn't feed a family as a main—it's a summer starter when cherry tomatoes are cheap and good at the farmers market or Food Lion.
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