House Salad
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 bag 1 bag mesclun mix
- 1 bag/container baby spinach
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 1 cup sliced/diced carrots
- 1 cup red bell pepper thin slices or diced to preference
- 1 pear diced
- 1 cup cucumbers diced or cubed
- 1/2 cup diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup sliced red onion
- 1 avocado see recipe for avocado below
Salad dressing
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
Balsamic Vinegar Salad Dressing
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar Remember don't go cheap on your balsamic vinegar.
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp mustard My favorite local is coarse mustard with horseradish!
- 1/2 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp chopped curly parsley if you do not have fresh, just use 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
Instructions
- Wash and dry mesclun mix, spinach and all veggies.
- Chop your romaine lettuce. Slice carrots, tomatoes, red onion, bell peppers, cucumbers and anything else you like to have "on the side" for your salads, like radishes, pickles, bean sprouts, kale etc.
- Place side items in separate ramekins.
- Prepare cucumbers by combining 1/3 cup white vinegar, 1/4 cup evoo, pinch of salt & pepper, mix together with cucumbers.
- Thinly slice avocado, drizzle with fresh lime juice, salt and pepper.
Salad Dressing Instructions
- Combine ingredients listed and drizzle over salad. Remember too much dressing and it will soak up too much liquid and make your salad wilt and become mushy.... yucky!
Notes
THEN.............
Voila!! Your house salad is ready!
Wanting to cut calories? When you slice your avocado, add salt, pepper, lime juice and add this on top of your salad it is more than enough for a salad dressing texture you might be craving.
Want to learn how to slice an avocado? Click here