Mini Mozzarella Skewers

I had some tomatoes to use and it was time to trim the basil again, so I bought a package of the smallest mozzarella balls at the market and made these cute little bites.  The whole project, including cutting the tomatoes and going outside to pick basil, took about three minutes.  Granted, I only made four of them (3 in the photo because you display food in odd numbers), but you could knock out a couple of dozen for a party in less than ten.  Maybe five.

8 oz cherry Mozzarella balls
*6 oz grape tomatoes
*large handful of basil leaves
salt to taste

1.  Wash the tomatoes, remove any stems, and cut in half.

2.  To assemble, get out a box of toothpicks.  Onto each, skewer a basil leaf, cheese ball, and tomato half.  I did them in that order because it's the colors on the Italian flag.  You could put the basil in the middle.  Taste one.  If a little bland, sprinkle all of them with a touch of salt.  Repeat until out of either tomatoes or cheese.  Arrange on serving platter. Serve cold.

Makes 2-3 dozen

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