19. Italian Chopped Salad

INGREDIENTS

SALAD:

  • 1 head of organic living butter lettuce (washed and chopped)
  • 3 cups or so organic spring mix
  • ¼ red onion (sliced)
  • 1-2 large organic vine ripened tomatoes (chopped)
  •  1 organic english cucumber (chopped)
  •  1-1/2 cups canned organic garbanzo beans (drained and rinsed)
  •  ½ cup organic grated parm
  •  ¼ cup pepperoncinis (sliced)
  •  ¼ cup kalamata olives
  •  ¾ cup sliced organic uncured nitrate free pepperoni (sliced into strips)

DRESSING:

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil  
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • Juice of 1 organic lemon
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons organic dried oregano
  •  1 teaspoon dried organic basil
  •  2 organic garlic cloves (minced)
  •  ½ tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
  •  1 teaspoon sea salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Wash, dry and thinly slice the butter lettuce and wash and dry the spring mix.
  • Mix the butter lettuce and spring mix in a large bowl.
  • Chop the cucumber, tomatoes, onion, and salami.
  • Grate the parm.
  • Rinse the garbanzo beans, olives and pepperoncinis.
  • In a large bowl, combine the lettuce with the tomatoes, cucumber, salami, garbanzo beans, parm, peperoncinis, onion, olives, and pepperoni. I had some of the ingredients on the side, because not everyone likes all of these veggies. So, you can do what works for your family.
  • Combine the olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, oregano, basil, garlic, salt and pepper in jar. Mix well.
  • Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss everything together!