Antipasto Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese
• 9 ounces ham (oscar mayer shaved virginia brand ham)
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
• 6 ounces black olives, drained
• 12 pickled banana pepper rings
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 *1. cut mozzarella cheese into 24 thin sticks. wrap each stick around 1 ham slice, and place in 11 x 7 inch dish. add tomatoes, black olives, banana peppers, and red onion.
• 2 **2. whisk together olive oil and next 6 ingredients. drizzle over mixture in dish. cover and chill 8 up to 24 hrs, turning occasionally. drain and transfer to a serving dish.
• 3 *instead of block of mozzarella cheese, i use the mozzarella string cheese, cut that up and used it. once ham and cheese were rolled, i cut into bite-size pieces.
• 4 **instead of "turning" the mixture, i just stirred it. mine had marinated about 18 hours i did forget to drain the marinade off and that is something i would try to remember to do the next time i make it.
• 5 -- also, i think the next time i make it, i am going to use salami as well as ham and maybe throw in some cooked bow-tie pasta.