Healthy And Delicious Italian Salad
This salad is very easy to adjust to personal preference and doesn’t take long to throw together. The best part is the dressing! The dressing, adapted from Once Upon a Chef, is my favorite — so fresh tasting and filled with flavor. This salad is light, healthy, and the perfect complement to the amazing Michael Angelo entrees!
This Italian Salad is light, healthy, and easy to make!
Ingredients :
For the Dressing
- 1/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves,chopped
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf Italian parsley, chopped (measured into 1 cup before chopping)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Freshly cracked black pepper and fine sea salt
For the Salad
- 1 large head romaine lettuce, washed, dried and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 3/4 cup English cucumbers, halved and quartered
- 1/2 cup artichokes, drained and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/3 cup pitted black olives, halved
- 1 small avocado, chopped or thinly sliced
- Croutons, store-bought or homemade, parmesan cheese, added to preference
Optional:
pepperoncinis
Instructions :
- Make the dressing: Combine the chopped parsley, chopped basil, oregano, garlic cloves, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper (to taste, I use 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 3/4 teaspoon salt) in a food processor or blender and pulse to combine and chop the herbs. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil and pulse until combined. Don't over pulse/mix or your olive oil can become metallic tasting. Place in the fridge in a mason jar while preparing other ingredients. Shake to recombine dressing ingredients as needed before adding to the salad.
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