RECIPE: Mom’s Super Salad

My mother does a good job of whipping up something from whatever she has lying ’round or whatever she can defrost.

She’s a petite lil’ lady who ‘grazes’ all day, usually on cheese and bread or veggies. Below is her recipe for a “Super Salad” she likes to make:

(her words, not mine):

romaine lettuce and lots veggies:

green onions chopped

finely cut red cabbage

grated or sliced carrots

sliced red bell pepper

edamame or chopped apple

cooked pasta (optional)

chicken if you like-recipe says debone a roasted chicken from grocery.  I use turkey from freezer–or no meat.

dressing–juice of two limes (I scrape out pulp as well)

1/4 cup sesame oil

grated ginger–three-four inch piece

huge bunch of cilantro chopped with scissors

Big salad; I use so many veggies it takes me several days to eat it all.