dinner

Steak 

Green Salad

Pretty standard Summer fare around here, mostly with chicken. The salad is a poor mans version of this one , from a facebook pal:

Italian Green Salad

Ingredients:
8 cups Mesclun Greens
1 cup fresh Basil, leaves only
1 Yellow Bell Pepper, chopped
1 Kirby Cucumber, sliced
12-16 large Green Olives (stuffed is a plus)
1 small Red Onion, chopped
2-4 oz Prosciutto
2 Tbsp fresh Oregano
4-6 bocconcini Mozzarella, quartered
1/2 cup Pistachios, shelled
1 cup Balsamic Vinaigrette


Directions:


Prepare all items as listed above. For the Prosciutto, tear the slices into bite-size pieces. For the Onion, you can be artistic and thinly slice the pieces so that they are long and thin.
Mix all the ingredients together, except the Vinaigrette. I recommend mixing 2/3 of everything together, and then using the final 1/3 of the ingredients to decorate the top and make it look nice. This also ensure that when you toss the salad, everything does not end up on the bottom.
Serve in a large bowl with the Vinaigrette on the side.


Bright fresh herbs in a salad are just my new happy thing, the very strong basil that I added just gave the whole meal special touch, and any sort of stuffed olive, I used a Gorgonzola stuffed one, as well as some tiny French green one, is just a big pop of flavor.