While I love baby arugula and mixed green salads and all the different types of salads you can create using these soft greens, there is something about a romaine salad that is more filling and robust, not to mention its great “crunch”. For a chopped romaine salad you could add a mix of whatever you have on hand such as: sliced endive or celery, apples, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, walnuts or pecans, avocado, and sections of grapefruit or oranges. Have fun with it…and of coure it is a pretty healthy dish!
Chopped Romaine Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 head of Romaine Lettuce, bottom chopped off
- 1 apple, peeled, cored, and cut in 1/2 inch chunks
- 1/4 cup of walnuts
- 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 1 avocado, thickly sliced and then cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 endive, cut into 1/2 inch rings
- 8 cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh dill
Place all ingredients in a large bowl, prepare salad dressing and pour over greens and mix well.
Dressing:
- 1/8 cup of olive oil
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1/8 teaspoon of dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon of tamari soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon of fresh dill, chopped
Mix together all ingredients and then whisk together to emulsify
Pour over salad and serve
