While you can easily switch out these ingredients for your favorite salad toppings, I was pleasantly surprised by just how filling and satisfying this salad was. In fact, it was so tasty as a dinner salad that I had it again for brunch the next day. Call me crazy but that is how much I was craving it from dinner to breakfast the next morning! Top with more of your favorite, seasonal fruits, and it is basically breakfast. (Never put spinach in your breakfast smoothie?) Try it for yourself.
Ingredients (from bottom up):
- baby spinach
- chopped carrots
- Italian dressing
- fresh mozzarella and/or feta or blue cheese
- pesto chicken or tofu
- chopped walnuts (regular or candied)
- blueberries or strawberries
- slices or chunks of Bosc pears
Take-Home Tips: Stir the dressing onto the lettuce or spinach to improve the taste and use less dressing. Dip the mozzarella into the pesto for the best flavor.
Scoring: 9 of 10. Although I would give this a 10 of 10 for taste, it did have a lot of fresh ingredients to procure from the fridge and some people are turned off by the combination. I swear it even tastes better than it sounds.
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