| Many restaurants, as least where I live, have | | | | bunch of green onions and tops, chopped1/3 |
| added chopped salad to their menus. I don't | | | | cup (or more) of Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled |
| know why chopped salad has suddenly become | | | | (You may also use Roquefort.)2 cups iceberg |
| popular, but may be due to the fact that it | | | | lettuce, choppedDRESSING:2 tablespoons extra |
| goes with everything - beef, pork, chicken, | | | | light olive oil2 tablespoons rice wine |
| and fish. Chopped salad can be a first | | | | vinegar1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard1/2 teaspoon |
| course or a main course.A few weeks ago I had | | | | saltFreshly ground black pepper to |
| chopped salad at a well-known Italian | | | | tastePrepare salad ingredients, put them in |
| restaurant and it was fabulous. Could I make | | | | separate plastic bags, and refrigerate. Make |
| it at home? I bought the ingredients, | | | | salad dressing and set aside. A few minutes |
| chopped the vegetables, and refrigerated | | | | before serving, combine the ingredients in a |
| them. Then I made the dressing. Just before | | | | salad bowl, add the Gorgonzola cheese, the |
| dinner I combined the ingredients in a large | | | | salad dressing, and toss gently. Makes 6 |
| salad bowl, added the Gorgonzola cheese, and | | | | generous servings. |
| tossed the salad.Here's my recipe and, if I | | | | |
| say so myself, it's as good as the restaurant | | | | Hodgson has been a nonfiction writer for 27 |
| salad. To cut down on calories I dressed the | | | | years and is a member of the Association of |
| salad lightly. If you want more double the | | | | Health Care Journalists and the Association |
| salad dressing recipe. You may bring this | | | | for Death Education and Counseling. Before |
| salad to a picnic as long as you keep the | | | | she became a health writer Hodgson was a food |
| ingredients cold. For an even heartier salad | | | | writer for the former "Rochester Magazine" in |
| add some grilled chicken or steak. This | | | | her hometown of Rochester, MN. Her 24th |
| salad tastes like a BLT sandwich without the | | | | book, "Smiling Through Your Tears: |
| bread. Make a lot because your family will | | | | Anticipating Grief," written with Lois Krahn, |
| gobble it up!BACON, LETTUCE AND TOMATO | | | | MD, is available from A five-star review of |
| CHOPPED SALAD WITH GORGONZOLA | | | | the book is posted on Amazon. You will find |
| CHEESEINGREDIENTS:1 cup cooked pasta (tiny | | | | another review on the American Hospice |
| tube pasta or tiny shells)1 2.8 ounce package | | | | Foundation website under the "School Corner" |
| of precooked real bacon pieces1 large | | | | heading. |
| beefsteak tomato, seeded and chopped1 small | | | | |