Kick in the Romaine

Often times, I find myself at a loss for salad ingredients. Last fall Pete was on a huge salad kick, and would eat a whole head of romaine for lunch, with lots of variations in toppings. Needless to say, all this salad making, and I mean a lot of salad making, landed me the ultimate salad dressing recipe that has taken off into many different directions.

Randall Scale
Grocery.............. under $7 (depending on ingredient choices)
Skill Rating........ Easy As Pie
Serving Size...... Enough for a whole head, plus extra
Prepare Time... 5 minutes or less

Ingredients:
(budget providing you already have most of this)

• Your choice of 2 Favorite Store Bought Savory Dressings
• (I use Caesar and Italian)
• One Fresh Lemon
• Olive Oil
• 2 Garlic Cloves
• Salt & Pepper
• Cracked Sea Salt
• (but regular salt is fine if you don't have)

Prepare:
1. Pour equal parts of both salad dressings, and olive oil into container. I use a jam jar and fill it half way for this.
2. Emulsify.
3. Juice 1/2 of lemon into mixture and continue to emulsify.
4. Add fresh garlic (must use garlic press to combine flavors!)
5. Salt and Pepper to taste.
6. Crack Sea Salt onto Romaine (preferred) or Iceberg Lettuce.
7. Use other half of lemon and juice over lettuce.
8. Pour dressing over lettuce & toss well, or allow guests to dress their own salad.
*Optional Salad Toppers*
-belle peppers cut into julienne strips, grape tomatoes, bacon, lunch meat, provolone, slivered hard-boiled egg, chives, home-made croutons (see next blog), carrots, pine nuts, broccoli, etc...