Name: Caprese Sliders
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: roma tomatoes; mozzarella cheese (whole milk); basil (fresh)

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15 minutes

3 servings

dairy-free

(?)

Has dairy from:

mozzarella cheese (whole milk)
milk (whole)
butter

gluten-free

(?)

Has gluten from:

all-purpose flour

kid friendly

has meat

has pasta

has seafood

mediterranean

vegan

(?)

Not vegan due to:

mozzarella cheese (whole milk)
milk (whole)
egg (large)
butter
egg white (large)

vegetarian

(?)

Not vegetarian due to:

egg (large)
egg white (large)

pescatarian

paleo

(?)

Not paleo due to:

mozzarella cheese (whole milk)
milk (whole)
granulated sugar
all-purpose flour

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Nutrition to Balance

This recipe has Calcium as 95.7% and Sodium as 110% (as a percentage of RDA).

You'll likely need to take these into account today to balance out your diet.

Nutrition Rating Details

Here are the percentages used to determine the nutritional rating for this recipe:

• Calcium: 95.7% of RDA
• Calories: 38.9% of RDA
• Carbs: 27.7% of RDA
• Fat (total lipid): 60.9% of RDA
• Fiber: 24.4% of RDA
• Fructose: 3.3% of RDA
• Protein: 38.5% of RDA
• Sodium: 110% of RDA
• Sugar: 28.8% of RDA

• Vitamin A (IU): 64.7% of RDA
• Vitamin B6: 35.1% of RDA
• Vitamin C: 11.9% of RDA
• Iron: 8.7% of RDA
• Magnesium: 33.2% of RDA
• Manganese: 9.4% of RDA
• Niacin: 32.6% of RDA
• Potassium: 16.2% of RDA
• Zinc: 36.1% of RDA

If any nutritional component is greater than 75% of RDA (or any vitamin/mineral is greater than 600% of RDA), the recipe gets a “Nutrition to Balance” rating.

Whether this matters for your diet depends mostly on what other foods you consume today.

MACROS

Carbohydrate

76.1

Calories

777

Fiber

6.84

Iron

1.65

Protein

43.4

Sodium

1490

Sugars

9.00

Fat (total lipid)

37.2

MAIN RECIPE INGREDIENTS

Amount

Measure

Adjust

Ingredient

whole

roma tomatoes

approx 5 slices per tomato will give you 25 total. roma tomatoes work best for these sliders, though any medium-sized fresh tomato will do.

slices

mozzarella cheese (whole milk)

leaves

basil (fresh)

may need more depending on size of leaves.

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INGREDIENTS FOR: HOMEMADE SLIDER BUNS: LET'S MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE EATING

Amount

Measure

Ingredient

2 1/4

tsp

active dry yeast

1/2

cups

water

warm, around 110 degrees.

2/3

cups

milk (whole)

at room temperature.

whole

egg (large)

tbsp

butter

melted and slightly cooled.

tbsp

granulated sugar

1 1/2

tsp

granulated sugar

1 1/4

tsp

cups

whole

tbsp

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PREPARATION

PREPARING THE SLIDER BUNS

Follow the steps in the dependent recipe to make the slider buns.

ASSEMBLING THE SLIDERS

Layer one tomato slice, one mozzarella slice, and a few basil leaves and repeat until all 12 sliders are complete.

DEPENDENT RECIPES:

Homemade Slider Buns: Let's Make Sure We Know What We're Eating

This dependent recipe has a "yields ratio" of 1. This means that for every 1 serving of the main recipe you're making, make 1 serving of the dependent recipe.

COMPLETE NUTRITION

This recipe has the following nutrient totals:

Calories 777

Protein 43.4 g

Carbohydrates 76.1 g

Iron 1.65 mg

Fiber 6.84 g

Calcium 957 mg

(plus many more nutrients)

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