Real Simple Side Salad
Ingredients
Dressing
Directions
1. Mix all of the vegetables together in a medium size bowl.
2. Mix all of the dressing ingredients together; stir until it is well blended.
3. Add dressing to salad as desired.
* Tip -- To avoid "over-dressing" your salad, I recommend putting all of the vegetables in a large ziplock bag. Then, pour a small amount of dressing into the bag. Close up the ziplock bag and shake (caution -- be sure to double check that the bag is securely sealed before shaking). Open and check dressing amount. If desired add more dressing and shake again. By shaking in the dressing you'll find that it coats the lettuce more evenly, and hopefully you won't need as much dressing. If you have a salad spinner you can also get the same desired effect by gradually pouring dressing in and spinning until lettuce is evenly coated.
- lettuce
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced
- 1 medium tomato, diced
- 1/4 red onion, finely sliced
Dressing
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, pressed with a garlic press
- salt and pepper
Directions
1. Mix all of the vegetables together in a medium size bowl.
2. Mix all of the dressing ingredients together; stir until it is well blended.
3. Add dressing to salad as desired.
* Tip -- To avoid "over-dressing" your salad, I recommend putting all of the vegetables in a large ziplock bag. Then, pour a small amount of dressing into the bag. Close up the ziplock bag and shake (caution -- be sure to double check that the bag is securely sealed before shaking). Open and check dressing amount. If desired add more dressing and shake again. By shaking in the dressing you'll find that it coats the lettuce more evenly, and hopefully you won't need as much dressing. If you have a salad spinner you can also get the same desired effect by gradually pouring dressing in and spinning until lettuce is evenly coated.
