Colorful Lettuce Salad

Colorful Lettuce salad

Ingredients:

• Lettuce - 2 cups chopped
• Yellow bell pepper - 1/2 cup coarsely chopped
• Orange bell pepper - 1/2 cup coarsely chopped
• Grape tomatoes - 1 cup whole
• Red Onion - 1/2 cup coarsely chopped
• Cilantro - 1tbsp chopped
• Assorted shredded cheese - 1 tbsp.
• Almonds - 2 tbsp. sliced

Salad Dressing:

• Olive oil - 1 tbsp.
• Lemon juice - 1/2 tbsp.
• Fresh ground pepper  - as required
• Fresh ground sea salt - as required
• Parmesan cheese - 1/2 tbsp. shredded

Method:

• In a salad bowl, whisk together the salad dressing in the order of the ingredients listed above.
• One the dressing is mixed well, add the Salad ingredients beginning with lettuce and following the order as listed.
• Every time toss the salad in the bowl as you add a new ingredient. If tossing is difficult, gently mix the salad using a wide spatula.
• Care should be taken the salad is not crushed while mixing or tossing.
• Make sure most of the salad is coated with the salad dressing.
• Add more salt, pepper or lemon juice if needed.

Serve:

• Serve immediately or store in refrigerator for 15 minutes and serve cold.

Notes:

• Choice of lettuce is as per your liking. I like Iceberg lettuce in salads since it is more juicy. You can use Romaine Lettuce too.
• You can add some cooked salad shrimp or grilled chicken breast to add more proteins to the salad.
• Lemon juice can be substituted with vinegar.