Sam's Favorite Salad

Ingredients

Dressing

• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper
• 2 teaspoons sugar (or substitute)
• 1/2 shallot, chunked
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1 cup olive oil

Salad

• 1 romaine lettuce hearts (leafy parts only, remove the spines)
• 1 head butter lettuce (Bibb works well)
• 2 roma tomatoes, peeled and seeded and diced
• 2 tablespoons sultana raisins
• 2 tablespoons raisins
• 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
• 2 tablespoons dried cherries
• 1/4 cup toasted walnuts, cooled
• 1/2 cup crouton (optional)

Directions

1. 1

   Dressing:.

2. 2

   Put all ingredients except the oilve oil into a food processor and pulse until you get all the ingredients incorporated.

3. 3

   Drizzle olive oil through the feed tube and whiz until the dressing is emulsified.

4. 4

   Salad:.

5. 5

   Tear lettuces into bite sized pieces into a large salad bowl and sprinkle the rest of the ingredients on top of the lettuce. Serve the dressing on the side and pass the croutons.

6. 6

   Optionally you can add sliced eggs, crumbled bacon and other lettuces to make this your own.