I saw a wedge salad at a restaurant yesterday while eating a big burger.
That salad sure did look good and healthy.
So I thought I would make one tonight for my son and I. He has Prader-Willi Syndrome and burns calories at about 2/3 the rate of someone that does not have the syndrome. On top of that, he is hungry even after he eats. I am always watching every calorie he eats.
Here is my super salad:
I started off with a half head of lettuce. Each salad would be 1/4 head.
Then I drizzled the lettuce with Balsamic Glaze from Modena. I like this because it is thick and sticks to the lettuce better than regular Balsamic vinegar. Mostly it is Grape Must, Balsamic Vinegar, and Wine Vinegar. It has a nice sweet/sour taste and few calories.
Next, I cut up some habanero cheese we had leftover. It is called rattlesnake cheese and is very hot but there wasn't much left and with the other ingredients was not overwhelming.
I added real bacon bits, purple onions diced fine, cranberries, pecan pieces, blue cheese, red pepper flakes and a sprinkle of black pepper.
You can vary the ingredients around to your liking. Tomatoes would have been good but I forgot to get any at the store.
Habanero Cheese aka Rattlesnake cheese
I added a few more dribbles of Balsamic Glaze to the top.
The extra ingredients that did not stick to the lettuce cascaded down onto the plate.
The colors are amazing and it is a very visually appealing salad.
I added 2 ounces of Lox smoked salmon to each plate for a little protein. The onions paired especially well with the salmon. The ingredients that were on the plate I covered with the salmon 1. to make the picture tidier and 2. so I could enjoy the delicious salad ingredients when I took a bite of the salmon.
This salad is like a PARTY for your MOUTH!!
There are many tastes that pop onto your taste buds and are like a cacophony of flavor. Then the smoked salmon hits your palette and wowzers....bada boom bada bing!!!!!!
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