So I had a really delicious lunch today...that I ate at 11:00am. It was a salad based on the ones that my friend, Claire, and I used to make when we lived together. It was the summer after we returned from studying abroad in Europe, and boy, did we miss our sophisticated lives there. To reminisce about the luxurious food we used to eat (she lived in Paris, I lived in Madrid) we made these enormous salads with lots of fruit! Yes, fruit in a lettuce salad. Trust me, it's divine. I will put almost any kind of fruit in my salads--apples, pears, plums, berries, citrus, you name it. Here is the version I had today:
Lettuce mix
1 red pear, cubed
handful of blackberries
I made a simple dressing using red wine vinegar, olive oil, agave nectar and some mustard. Dijon works to emulsify the dressing (so that the vinegar and oil mix) but I didn't have any on hand. If you have some berry jam, you can mix that in as well for a sweet complement to your fruit and greens.
I also love adding nuts--walnuts, almonds, and pecans are best. Try throwing in dried fruit too--cherries, prunes, cranberries, etc.
Now that you're thoroughly impressed with my organic, healthy vegan salad, let me also say that I had a bag of Lay's potato chips as well. Sometimes I just need some carbs to get me through.
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