Another Wonderful SPRING Salad Mix

As I've mentioned many times, for me, 'salad season' is all year 'round. I always have a good, healthy lettuce mix in my 'fridge. This is a really nice one - Multi-textured and full of great greens and vegetables. Of course, use any vegetables you like, but the important part is to just do it - so you can always have a salad ready to eat, as the craving strikes. Today's mix will make at least 6 big salads, enough to last you, you + 1, or a family at least a few days.

This contains 1 big sliced Romaine washed well, then spun out to almost dry before adding: 1/3 head of green cabbage, part of a long English cucumber, 6 green onions, some sliced snow pea pods, cauliflower florets and parsley leaves. If I had thought of it, I would have also added a chopped celery heart with those greens.

This particular salad started with a big handful of the mix, then I added 1/2 of a Roma tomato, 1/2 a can of drained-rinsed black beans and dressing with an adventurous twist using the last little bit of dressing from the bottle on the right. The bottle on the left is how it looks at the grocery store. I do this often. In this case, there was only about 1" of dressing remaining in the bottle on the right. I had previously added a little water and some Coriander Chutney, which is made from cilantro and spicy peppers. Now I also added about 2 heaping tablespoons of the wonderful Tomato Pesto I buy at one of our great little Aldi grocery stores.

Have fun and be adventurous with your food combinations! . . Lin