Crispy chopped salad

Saturday evening we were invited over to a good friends for dinner.  She was making Mexican lasagna and I offered to make a salad to go with it.  I love cilantro and I would usually have used it in this salad; but her husband really does not care for it, so I switched it up a little. Though it was a cold wet dark evening I wanted to make a salad that was crisp and light to compliment the rich slightly spicy main course.

Dressing

• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 garlic clove grated
• Salt and pepper

Salad

• 1/2 bunch of large green onions chopped
• 1 container of small tomatoes halved
• Small bunch of basil chopped
• 1 sprig of fresh mint leaves chopped
• 1 heaped cup of bean sprouts
• 1 romaine lettuce
• 1 avocado chopped

Mix all the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl and add the avocado to stop it from going brown.

Add the salad ingredients into a salad bowl.

I was taking this with me, and so I put the lid on the dressing and packed it with the salad.

This would work well as a layered salad to pack for lunch. The mint and basil went well with the avocado and I will use that combination again instead of cilantro.  Here is a picture of the amazing Mexican lasagna that Nancy made.

She served this with sour cream and fresh salsa, delicious.