In a quest to eat more fruits and veggies and having an empty fridge post-vacation (minus the rotten chinese food and spaghetti in the back) , I started fresh at the grocery store yesterday. Came home with peaches, plums and nectarines. And that thing that always tastes better in a restaurant than in your own home....salad.
I love salad. The Asian Chicken Salad I had from the Ninety-Nine on Saturday night was excellent. However, when it comes to making salad at home, I'm not so good about it. I thought about it carefully at the grocery store and I think I've figured it out: I just get bag-o-salad or iceberg lettuce and then just chop whatever I have on hand and call it salad. And a salad it is, albeit a mediocre one. But if you put some thought into it...maybe it could be so much better? I also got to thinking about dressing. I mean c'mon, it's just not right that salad dressing has more calories than a cheeseburger!
I came home with ingredients and an idea. I ended up with a dreamy salad: Romaine, hardboiled egg (which I usually am not crazy about but this was good) tomato, cucumber, REAL bacon pieces that I cooked up special, sliced red onion and light honey mustard dressing. (Newman's Own, has a little kick and it doesn't taste "light" at all) Now THAT'S a salad! So good in fact, I tossed some chicken strips on it this morning and brought it to work for lunch. Happiness is....a plan that comes together. Can't wait for another new creation.
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