In honor of the end of summer I decided to serve a deconstructed caprese salad on skewers as a snack. These are so simple and are quite cute when they stand up on their own. You can put these together in a flash and feel confident that they are both chic and seasonal.

Ingredients:

• 1 pint grape tomatoes
• 1 large bunch fresh basil
• 1 pint marinated small mozzarella balls
• 4 sweet Italian sausages
• fancy toothpicks

Assembly: Sear the sausages in a skillet. At this point you can continue to cook the sausages on the stove top or put them in a 350 degree oven to cook through. Slice sausages so that each piece has a level surface. Assemble the tomatoes, mozzarella, basil leaves on toothpicks and finish with a sausage.