Cantaloupe, basil and mozzarella, oh my!

I love cantaloupe. I eat it like candy. It is easily my favorite melon. Last summer, somehow I concocted this wonderful salad of cantaloupe, fresh basil and fresh mozzarella. Trader Joe's sells those wonderful large-leaf basil plants, and I have one right outside by back door for easy harvest and use. Last summer they also had these cute little fresh mozzarella balls in water called perlini, but they haven't had those for a while so now I use the slightly larger ciliegine.

So what I do is cube a small to medium cantaloupe. Rough chop about 10 large leaves of fresh basil, but this is definitely to taste. You can leave the ciliegine whole, but I prefer to quarter or halve them. (I really liked the perlini - maybe I'll see if Trader Joe's can get them again. ) Mix it all up and enjoy!