mediterranean-esque salad with salmon

after deciding that a fresh, colorful dinner was in order, i decided to create a salad and add salmon to it since salmon is so delicious.

salad ingredients:

• green leaf lettuce (or whatever green lettuce-like vegetable you like)
• green onion
• 1 whole apple, chopped (i used fiji)
  
• sprouts (sprouts are just fun to eat!)
  
• 1 roma tomato, chopped

vinaigrette ingredients:

• 1-2 cloves of garlic, minced and "smushed" (so the juice gets out)
• handful of whatever herbs you have on hand (for me, oregano and thyme from my mini-garden)
• pinch of salt
• few shakes of pepper
• equal parts balsamic vinegar and olive oil (i used a little less than 1/4 cup, and it was just enough for all the salad)
  

instructions:

to make the vinaigrette, put all the ingredients together in an air-tight container and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE to get everything together. an emulsion, if you will. (it's that easy! and you can try with different variations of vinegar or lemon juice or whatever herbs you want.) add all the vinaigrette to the salad and toss till well coated.

to make the salmon, cut the salmon into cubes and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. sautee in a pan until done.

to assemble the salad, just put the green stuff in the bowl first. then add the salmon chunks. garnish with croutons and crumbled feta cheese and then you have the most delicious salad EVER.*


*it could only be more delicious with a nice glass or two of red wine, preferably a cabernet. a merlot would be too sweet i think with the vinaigrette and the apple.