Mini Salad Bar For Picky In-laws

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 head iceberg lettuce
• 1 lb mesclun or 1 lb italian salad mix
• 1/2 lb raw spinach
• 1 head romaine lettuce
• 3 -5 cucumbers
• 3 -5 bell peppers (mixed colors prefered)
• 3 -5 garden tomatoes or 1 -2 pint cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 lb baby carrots
• 1/2 lb celery rib
• black olives (optional)
• green olives (optional)
• crouton (optional)
• salad dressing

Recipe

• 1 wash, trim, and chop or tear all greens. put the iceberg in one bowl, the mesclun in another bowl, the spinach in another, and the romaine in another.
• 2 clean and slice the cucumbers. we don't peel garden cucumbers, only store cucumbers. you can if you prefer. arrange in a shallow dish.
• 3 wash tomatoes. if full-size, slice them into thick rounds and arrange in a shallow dish. if cherry tomatoes, take stems off and put into a bowl.
• 4 put the remaining items into more small bowls.
• 5 provide a selection of dressings, homemade or store-bought. i suggest several variations from basic vinaigrette dressing with 8 variations.
• 6 note -- if there is something you know everyone likes increase the quantity as needed.
• 7 a bunch of attractive, coordinating bowls are very nice if you have them, but if your in-laws are as informal and loving as mine are the cereal bowls will do just fine. :d.