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title: Summer Salads
date: 2008-06-21T22:42:16Z
modified: 2008-06-21T22:42:16Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/summer-salads/"
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categories:
  - Recipes
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  - Weight Loss
tags:
  - healthy lunch
  - lettuce
  - salad recipe
author: Elizabeth
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One of my favorite meals is what Elaine on _Seinfeld_ called the “big salad”.

The foundation is lettuce, this time picked fresh from my [lettuce garden](http://www.effortlesseating.com/archives/156 "Lettuce Garden"), and then I add a bunch of yummy stuff to it to make it exciting.

![June salad](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/salad_6_08.jpg)

Yesterday’s salad started with three kinds of lettuce from my garden (romaine, red leaf, and green leaf), chopped. My uncle in NYC is addicted to a chopped salad place, where they literally chop the salad and all the fixins’. Sometimes a simple change like chopping lettuce leaves instead of ripping them can change the eating experience. Funny how that happens.

Then I added half of an avocado, half of an heirloom tomato, and 3 sliced baby portabello mushrooms. I sprinkled it with shelled sunflower seeds, crumbled some feta on top, then tossed the whole![Annie's goddess dressing](http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/I/416vw7YcJuL._SL110_.jpg) thing with [Annie’s Naturals Goddess Dressing](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J4IDTM?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000J4IDTM)

![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=lizoneandmore-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000J4IDTM) (one of my favorites!).

Simply said: it was excellent. The soft creaminess of the avocados contrasted to the crunchy seeds, the earthiness of the mushrooms countered the salty feta, and heirloom tomatoes are a treat in and of themselves, particularly in this time of the great tomato scare.

Notice how the chopped lettuce integrates evenly with the rest of the ingredients? A chopped salad is really fun to eat.