garden-variety dick wrote:

> What I've done is to use roughly equal amounts of veggies in the
> salad, and changed the vinagrette slightly.
> example:
> One handful of romaine lettuce, one handful of sliced cabbage, one
> handful of thinly sliced carrots, one handful of sliced scallions, one
> and a half handfuls of sliced celery, one handful of sweet red
> peppers. In a stainless steel or whatever bowl. Then add: freshly
> ground black pepper, a few shakes of lemon pepper, a wee bit of salt
> (to taste), a small amount of honey(to taste; I don't like it too
> sweet), olive oil, and some apple cider vinegar; about equal to the
> amount of olive oil(I know it's supposed to be in a 3:1 ratio, but
> this is how I like it). Toss the salad. It's really great, at least
> according to my tastes. I really like the cabbage in there.

I love having some raw cauliflowerettes in there, or some cut up
apple or orange. It's got to be more than just lettuce with some
dressing or it just gets to be boring. Sunflower seeds are nice, too.

nancy (doesn't know if cauliflowerettes is a word. I just like them
very small but big enough to fork)