Julie’s Salad

From Julie’s Kitchen

Yield: 8–10 servings

Ingredients

• 1 bag whole romaine lettuce hearts

• 1 bag Sargento (fancy shredded parmesan cheese)

• 1 box grape tomatoes, cut in half

• Fresh ground black pepper

• 1 large cucumber, sliced or 3–4 small cucumbers

• 1 can pitted black olives, whole

• 1 cup green olives, whole

• ½ large red peppers, cut in strips

• ½ large yellow or orange pepper, cut in strips

• 10-12 green salad peppers (pepperoncini)

Dressing

• Good seasonings italian dressing the kind in the package that you make yourself follow directions except use balsamic vinegar (Julie’s choice is Kirkland’s from Costco) and olive oil (Julie’s choice is Bertolli Extra Light olive oil). Whisk togeher. Add a dash of salt or pepper, if you like.

Instructions

1. Cut up lettuce in bite size pieces place in bowl.

2. Then add tomatoes.

3. Sprinkle cheese on top.

4. Add the fresh ground black pepper on top.

5. Then on top of that add the rest of the ingredients except the dressing. Just arrange on top of the salad and DO NOT toss until you are ready to serve. When ready to serve, add dressing (will take almost the whole bottle) then toss and serve.