A Little of This, A Little of That

I’ve had a few requests for my homemade vinaigrette, so I’ve included it below, along with the recipe for my favorite salad. Enjoy!

Bruce’s Famous House Salad

Salad:

1 head Romaine lettuce
1 bunch chives, diced into 1/8 “ pieces
1 plump, moderately firm heirloom tomato, sliced or diced to suit your style
4-5 hearts of palm, diced into ¼” pieces

Remove tough and discolored leaves from exterior of romaine head, and cut into bite sized pieces*, rinse, pat dry, and toss into your gorgeous wooden salad bowl from Pacific Merchants. Add chives, tomato and hearts of palm in reckless abandon. Toss with vinaigrette just prior to serving in your gorgeous wooden salad bowl from Pacific Merchants. Am I repeating myself? ; )

Vinaigrette:

Balsamic vinegar
Unsweetened rice wine vinegar
The best virgin olive oil you can manage
Salt
Pepper
Crushed garlic
Fresh garden herbs

To be perfectly honest, I don’t have measurements for this dressing. It’s “a little of this, a little of that” which means the ingredients above serve as a guide for your own, unique vinaigrette. In the interest of good health and lower calories, I do tend to use much more vinegar than oil, flipping the traditional 1/3 vinegar to 2/3 oil the other way round. But that’s all I’m gonna say. Enjoy!!!

*Romaine is the only lettuce I know of that can be cut with a knife, rather than torn. This according to my 8th grade home economics teacher. Something to do with the edges of the leaves being resistant to browning... I’ve never checked with an outside source to verify Miss Silver's claim, but she did have a sterling reputation.