Lynn's Salad

We haven't met Lynn, but she makes a great salad! It seems to have a lot of ingredients, but it's really pretty simple; the key is to chop everything rather finely. Ideally it should have a Fig Viniagrette (good luck finding that, heh) but the dressing really isn't key; Saint C mixed up something with maple syrup and cider vineagar and called it done.

I plan to serve it eventually with souvlaki, grilled eggplant, flatbread and tzatzicki.

Serves about a dozen:

2 bunches of green onions
1 bunch of celery ribs
3 cucumbers
1 - 2 purple onions
1 bunch carrots
2 packages of chopped dates
1 - 2 generous cups of toasted, salted pecan halves
1 cup dried cranberries
1 can of mandarin oranges
1 package of crumbled feta or goat cheese
2 tbs minced fresh parsley

Mixed salad greens
Dressing(s) of your choice

1). Chop everything in about 1/4 inch (or less) dice; toss with lots of mixed greens and serve.


Here's a scaled down version, enough for about six; it was great with the souvlaki. The pecans are from SHG, simply pan toasted-spicy or honey roasted would be even better. We'll add figs, providing the Stupid Squirrels leave any: