Romaine Lettuce Salad

Salads are a favorite amongst many and it can be served either as an appetizer,side,main course or even as a dessert.As a child,salads were a definite part of our weekend lunch menu...usually cut veggies tossed with salt and pepper. Traveling across a bit,exposed me to the various kinds of salads available. I must admit, even now I can't have salad for a meal :)

My husband is a salad freak and i try to make some fresh salads for him at home whenever i can. That said,there is no big list of must have to make a salad. Feel free to toss the veggies,lettuce,spinach,nuts,fruits,raisins etc with a simple dressing of lemon juice,salt and pepper.

Here is my version of salad.

Time:Making Time (10 mins)

Difficulty level:Very easy

Ingredients:

• Romain lettuce - 1 chopped 
• Craisins - 1 tsp (dried cranberries)
• Walnuts,almonds  - 3-4 finely chopped
• Croutons - 1 tbsp ( * I used Garlic flavoured)
• Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing - 1 tbsp 
• Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Feta or Goat cheese - 1/2 tsp for garnish (optional)
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

1. In a large bowl, mix the lettuce,craisins,chopped nuts,croutons and toss them well.
2. Now add the salad dressing, salt,pepper to this and mix well. Toss the salad to make sure the ingredients and the dressing is mixed well.
3. Garnish it with some Feta or Goat cheese, if you like. Salad is ready.

Chef's Tip :

- Serve the salad immediately else the croutons won't be crunchy for long.
- I used Raspberry vinaigrette dressing from Trader's joe. A simple alternative is to use olive oil,lemon juice,salt and pepper.Tastes equally great.
- You can even add fruits like Apples,oranges etc to this

Romaine lettuce Salad served with Raspberry Vinaigrette