Whenever I create salads (and take pictures of them) I think of my co-worker Marina because we both love ginormous salads and talking about what ingredients go well together, what we added on any particular day, etc. My salad on a certain Thursday before work went like this, and it reminds me of the salads Marina brings to work (and I eye enviously).
I used my standard mustard vinaigrette, but I chose butter lettuce rather than the usual Laguna Farm mix. It's nice to get some variation, and using butter lettuce creates an entirely different salad because the flavor is richer - I associate butter lettuce with French bistros. I added tomatoes from Laguna Farm, and of course avocado! The previous night, my dad had roasted chicken with rosemary, potatoes, and whole cloves of garlic. The white meat as incredibly tender - in addition to our Laguna Farm produce CSA subscription, we also have a meat subscription with Terra Firma Farm - and the quality of the meat paired with my dad's accomplished chicken cooking skills yielded a flavorful, delicate result. Thus, I cut up some of the white meat, roasted potatoes, and garlic cloves, and tossed them all in the salad. For a little crunch and sweetness, I added raisins and roasted pumpkin seeds. The salad was not only huge, but hearty too - I was full for the whole day at work!
However, that didn't stop the strawberries we had to prep at work from enticing me all day long.. The Highway 12 guy is the best, as is Screamin' Mimi's for using such good ingredients!
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