Summer chopped salad

[eyesroll]

(Recipe somewhat reverse engineered from a restaurant)

1 head romaine lettuce
3-4 roma tomatoes, seeded
3 ears corn, grilled and cut off the cob
2 boneless chicken breasts, seasoned with S&P, grilled
4 strips bacon, cooked well and crumbled
3 corn tortillas, cut up into little strips, fried in the bacon fat until crispy
3 oz blue cheese crumbles
1 avocado, peeled/seeded


Cut everything up into little pieces.

Dressing:
Juice of one orange
Juice of one grapefruit
A squeeze of honey
2 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup minced shallots
S&P

Mix all of that together in a blender or shake it or whatever.

Drizzle a little at a time over the salad, toss, repeat until everything's coated.

Serve with grilled garlic toast.

Serves 2-3 or maybe even 4 as an entree, depending on how hungry everyone is.

[ernstbass]

1. I'm going to try it - sounds grerat

especially the dressing, with all the citrus.

[SW FL Dem]

2. Sounds yummy

One of my favorite summer salads is a bbq chicken salad with several of the same ingredients Romaine, corn, black beans, avocado, tomatoes, tortilla strips, chicken breast with a little KCMasterpiece bbq sauce on it and shredded monterrey jack cheese (optional). I cheat with the dressing and use a Spicy Ranch dressing made by Hidden Valley.

[Dora]

3. Grilled garlic toast?

How do you make it? does it involve aluminum foil, or do I just plunk the bread down on the grill?

We're using charcoal bricks, btw.

[eyesroll]

5. I've just buttered and grilled french bread, then spread roasted garlic

on it.

You could probably also make garlic bread the traditional way, wrap in foil and let it bake for a bit on the grill.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

4. Ok,

My family and I had this for dinner last night and it was great. I especially loved the citrus dressing, yum! Needless to say I'll be having this a lot more often.