Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Chopped Salad with Gorgonzola Cheese

Many restaurants, as least where I live, havetomato, seeded and chopped1 small bunch of
added chopped salad to their menus. I don't knowgreen onions and tops, chopped1/3 cup (or more)
why chopped salad has suddenly become popular,of Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled (You may also
but may be due to the fact that it goes withuse Roquefort.)2 cups iceberg lettuce,
everything - beef, pork, chicken, and fish.choppedDRESSING:2 tablespoons extra light olive
Chopped salad can be a first course or a mainoil2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar1/2 teaspoon
course.A few weeks ago I had chopped salad atDijon mustard1/2 teaspoon saltFreshly ground
a well-known Italian restaurant and it wasblack pepper to tastePrepare salad ingredients,
fabulous. Could I make it at home? I bought theput them in separate plastic bags, and refrigerate.
ingredients, chopped the vegetables, andMake salad dressing and set aside. A few minutes
refrigerated them. Then I made the dressing. Justbefore serving, combine the ingredients in a salad
before dinner I combined the ingredients in a largebowl, add the Gorgonzola cheese, the salad
salad bowl, added the Gorgonzola cheese, anddressing, and toss gently. Makes 6 generous
tossed the salad.Here's my recipe and, if I say soservings.
myself, it's as good as the restaurant salad. ToHodgson has been a nonfiction writer for 27
cut down on calories I dressed the salad lightly. Ifyears and is a member of the Association of
you want more double the salad dressing recipe.Health Care Journalists and the Association for
You may bring this salad to a picnic as long asDeath Education and Counseling. Before she
you keep the ingredients cold. For an evenbecame a health writer Hodgson was a food
heartier salad add some grilled chicken or steak.writer for the former "Rochester Magazine" in her
This salad tastes like a BLT sandwich without thehometown of Rochester, MN. Her 24th book,
bread. Make a lot because your family will gobble"Smiling Through Your Tears: Anticipating Grief,"
it up!BACON, LETTUCE AND TOMATO CHOPPEDwritten with Lois Krahn, MD, is available from A
SALAD WITH GORGONZOLAfive-star review of the book is posted on
CHEESEINGREDIENTS:1 cup cooked pasta (tinyAmazon. You will find another review on the
tube pasta or tiny shells)1 2.8 ounce package ofAmerican Hospice Foundation website under the
precooked real bacon pieces1 large beefsteak"School Corner" heading.