Salad!

Salad!

Salad is served at dinner with almost every meal. It is my husband's favorite part of the meal, and it is served first. I start with any of these three kinds of lettuce--Romaine, Green leaf or Red leaf--sometimes I will use a little of each sometimes only one or sometimes two--it all depends how much I have and what I have on hand. I have stopped buying iceberg--simply because it is has no nutritional value and I think it is too over priced for a big ball of water...LOL---granted it does add some crunch so if you like it , by all means use it:)

I cut it all up or break it up, rinse really well if I haven't all ready done it.

I then start adding all sorts of yummy and colorful veggies to it--I get the bags of shredded carrots and cabbage and sprinkle those in--I cut up cucumbers, celery, broccoli, green peppers, green onions, tomatoes, radishes---I have Avocados on a dish cut up in chunks to put on the salad--and a bowl of shredded cheddar cheese to sprinkle on top. I don't dress the salad, because it will make everything wilt too quickly and also, we all like different dressings. My husband likes Garlic Vinegar or Ranch--and my son likes Ranch, my daughter likes every dressing. Little Kevin likes all the dressings so far too.

Doesn't the salad look so pretty:)

Salad is also served in a separate bowl--never on the dinner plate---and a tip I learned from working in the food industry a while back---put Salad bowls/plates in the fridge with the forks to chill before serving the salad, makes for a nice touch!
Enjoy!