Recipe: Cucumber Caprese Salad — Recipes from The Kitchn

It's hard to beat the satisfaction of a midsummer caprese salad. Break out the juiciest tomatoes and the freshest mozzarella and basil, and what you have is pretty much perfection. Can it be improved upon? Absolutely — all you need is a humble cucumber.

If you're anything like me, you basically eat your weight in juicy summer tomatoes and creamy fresh mozzarella throughout the summer months. Simple caprese salads are really all I want to eat these days, be it for a light lunch or part of a lazy picnic dinner spread. I hardly plan on getting tired of these staples anytime soon, but given the salad's simplicity, it's easy to add a little of this or that without ruining its unfussy perfection. Skinny slices of cucumber add just a little something extra that makes good ol' caprese feel new again.

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