Favorite Chopped Salad Recipe

Salad

1-2 heads of romaine (or enough for your family)

2 cups chopped cooked chicken (rotisserie chicken is fine, or cook chicken yourself)

¼ cup chopped red onion

½ cup blue cheese crumbles

2 plum tomatoes, chopped

1 cup cooked and crumbled bacon

1 cup cooked ditalini pasta (a small tubular pasta )

Salad dressing

⅓ cup Dijon style mustard

⅓ cup rice wine vinegar

⅓ cup red wine vinegar

1 garlic clove, minced

2-3 tablespoons, honey (depending on your taste)

1 tablespoon dried oregano or basil

2 cups light-tasting extra-virgin olive oil (make sure it is

fresh - oils can get rancid quickly and will ruin the taste of your salad)

½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

½ teaspoon salt or to taste

Chop romaine with a knife (for this recipe it really does taste better if the romaine is chopped with a knife in small thin strips). Combine salad ingredients.

These can be prepped earlier in the day. If you do this, place the tomatoes and other salad ingredients in separate bowls so the lettuce doesn't get soggy.

Combine salad dressing ingredients. This can be made in advance. I store mine in glass jar that I can shake to mix.

When ready to serve, add desired amount of dressing to salad and toss.

Prep time: 30-40 minutes

Note: You will have extra salad dressing left over. It's delicious and keeps well. Use on side salads during the week.

From Crystal Maleski, MakeDinnerEasy.com