This delicious salad was born from inspiration (Morgan's Cobb Salad, currently featured on her wonderful blog http://littlehouseofveggies.blogspot.com) and a good refrigerator cleanout. I don't often take the time to wash and chop for lunch, usually opting instead to eat last night's leftovers. But this morning I took one look at Morgan's gorgeous salad creation, and I had to consume some facsimile thereof. I am fortunate to have so much wonderful food in the house right now, and it just takes a little organization to be sure I use it all before it goes bad. This salad was a great vehicle to that end.
My salad included: Red and green butter lettuces, sliced organic carrots, a chopped tomato from my garden, half an avocado, chopped, black olives, chick peas and Lightlife bacon, cooked and crumbled. I shook up a quick, simple, creamy dressing from the dregs of a bottle of "Seeds of Change" Red Pepper Vinaigrette and a couple of forkfuls of Veganaise. I don't know why I didn't remember to throw a handful of sunflower seeds on top, which did flit through my mind while I was preparing the rest of the veggies. That would have been good. But this salad was really very delicious, luxurious and filling just the way it turned out.
I am eager to try Morgan's Cobb salad too, it looks like it is worth thinking ahead enough to go out and buy the items I was missing today.
Awesome salad! It would have been so good to throw on the sunflower seeds! The great thing about salads is that you can throw anything on them! And I looooooove Lighelife bakin! So good! Thanks so much for the mention! Keep cooking!
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