Caprese Salad

♫ Listening to: Punk Rock Girl by The Dead Milkmen ♫

Caprese Salad Ingredients

• 3 tomatoes
• 2 lettuce leaves
• 1 package Tempt hemp seed tofu
• basil
• garlic powder
• pink sea salt

Caprese Salad Directions

Slice the tofu thinly and cut into 2 inch square or rectangle pieces.

Bake the tofu at 325˚ for 15 minutes, flip, and bake for 10 minutes.

Slice each tomato into 4 pieces.

Place the tomatoes into a large bowl and drizzle with extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Wash and dry lettuce and tear into 2 inch pieces.

Cool tofu after baking.

Layer salad in this order: tomato slice, spices, lettuce leaf, tofu slice, and repeat.

Sprinkle each tomato slice with salt, basil, and garlic powder.

Serve the 3 salads built as tomato stacks.

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