A salad full of delicious snack ingredients!
An appetizer is a traditional first course of Italian cuisine, which is usually prepared in small portions and served on a single dish. This salad is inspired by the appetizer recipe where you just take all your favorite dishes off the appetizer plate and add them to the salad! The salad is based on lettuce leaves, and the ingredients for the snack are artichokes, olives, pepperoncini, provolone, balls of fresh mozzarella, pepperoni and salami. Homemade Italian dressing perfectly complements the salad! All the ingredients are cut into small pieces, so this salad can be safely called a “sliced Italian salad”.
Ingredient
6 cups diced lettuce leaves
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 cup coarsely chopped artichoke seeds
1/2 Cup olives, sliced
1/4 cup red onion, sliced
1/4 cup pepperoncini, sliced
1/2 cup provolone, sliced
8 ounces fresh mozzarella, cut in half
1/2 cup chopped salami
1/2 cup hot pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped basil (or parsley)
1/2 cup Italian dressing
Addresses
Mix it all up and enjoy!
Alternatively: cut 1 cup of cucumbers into slices.
To choose from: add 1 cup of chickpeas.
To choose from: Add 1/4 cup of roasted red pepper, sliced.
To choose from: add 1/4 cup of feta cheese or parmesan cheese
To choose from: add 1/2 cup of croutons.
Option: Replace the salad with 1 pound of cooked pasta to make a pasta salad!
Nutritional value: 419 calories, 32 g fat (13 g saturated, 0.3 g trans fat), 89 mg cholesterol, 1098 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrates (3 g fiber, 3 g sugar), 21 g protein.
