The Salad Days Recipe

Name: The Salad Days
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: General Green, such as red leaf lettuce; Tender Green, such as Spinach; Bitter Breen, such as cabbage, or raddicio, or arugula; Bell Peppers, 1 Green, 1 Red, 1 Yellow or Orange; Onions or onion variants, approximately 1/2 cup chopped; Mushrooms, 1 cup, sliced thinly; Cherry Tomatoes, 1-1.5 cups, sliced in half on a Bias; Starch of your choice, about 1 cup after preparation; Cheese, I like to grate parmesan onto the salad when I serve it but you can use any cheese you like it adds both flavor and texture, if not grated cube it very small and use about 1/2 a cup.; Poblano Peppers, chopped (optional)

Servings: persons

General Green, such as red leaf lettuce
Tender Green, such as Spinach
Bitter Breen, such as cabbage, or raddicio, or arugula
Bell Peppers, 1 Green, 1 Red, 1 Yellow or Orange
Onions or onion variants, approximately 1/2 cup chopped
Mushrooms, 1 cup, sliced thinly
Cherry Tomatoes, 1-1.5 cups, sliced in half on a Bias
Starch of your choice, about 1 cup after preparation
Cheese, I like to grate parmesan onto the salad when I serve it but you can use any cheese you like it adds both flavor and texture, if not grated cube it very small and use about 1/2 a cup.
Poblano Peppers, chopped (optional)

1
Wash your greens, then cut them into appropriate sizes. The amounts you use will depend on how many you are making the salad for, but you want to fill about 2/3 of your bowl with your greens, and you want about half your general green, 1/4 of your tender green and 1/4 of your bitter green.
2
Chop your onions very fine, then sweat them in a medium heat pan with salt and pepper, once the sweat occurs, add your starch to take flavoring. If you like hot foods as I do you can add a finely minced hot pepper as well.
3
Chop your bell peppers into small pieces about 1/4 inch or so then add them to the bowl
4
Slice your cherry tomatoes in half on a bias and add them to the bowl
5
If you are going to use a poblano chop it roughly and add it
6
Add your prepared starch to the bowl
7
Toss until mixed, then cover and refrigerate for an hour and serve with your grated cheese on top.

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This recipe makes 4 servings. You can adjust the portion size directly on this page.

You need 10 ingredients. The key ingredients include: General Green, such as red leaf lettuce, Tender Green, such as Spinach, Bitter Breen, such as cabbage, or raddicio, or arugula, Bell Peppers, 1 Green, 1 Red, 1 Yellow or Orange, and more.

Yes, The Salad Days falls under the Salads category and is a great choice for this type of meal.

Keep refrigerated in an airtight container and enjoy within 1–2 days for the best freshness. Best served cold — no reheating needed.

The Salad Days

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