Classic Green Salad To Go With Every Meal
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott, dressing adapted from Rockpool
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Note: I recommend quadrupling the dressing recipe and having some to hand in your fridge. It lasts for 4-5 days
- 2 eggs
- 10 cos lettuce leaves, washed and cut into easy to fork and eat pieces
- 3 grams fresh chives, cut into inch long pieces
Dressing
- 2.5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons sherry vinegar (I didn't have any so I used balsamic condiment or you can use balsamic glaze)
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon palm sugar (white sugar also does the trick in a pinch)
- 1/4 clove garlic, finely grated
Step 1 - Boil your eggs first. Bring a pot of water to boil and add a matchstick and a teaspoon of bicarb. Lower 1-2 eggs and boil for 5 minutes. Remove and place in cold water, changing the water a couple of times and then peel and quarter.
Step 2 - Arrange lettuce leaves on a serving plate. Add the quartered eggs and fresh chives. Mix all dressing ingredients together. Drizzle the dressing over salad and season with salt and pepper and serve.
Personal Note
I serve this to guests a lot and we're having a lot more people over lately as some friends are still reticent to go out to dinner at restaurants. I love having people over but we've started making our apartment look better and we bought a new rug in our living room. It's nothing really fancy but I'm sort of in love with it. It feels soft under my toes and it's so much nicer than the bare floor boards.
The only thing is now I have a rule - no shoes on the rug! Yes I've now become someone that has to ask people to take their shoes off when they come in. Prior to this I didn't really care but now I'm that crazy rug lady. Mr NQN has so far been very careful making sure not to wear shoes on the rug but a friend came over and she walked on my rug and I was screaming inside. So now I have to pre-warn people about the shoes off rule!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you have a classic salad or salad dressing that you serve with meat mains? And are you a shoes off sort of house?