Mad Hungry Recipe: Pizza Parlor Salad

Pizza Parlor Salad

Serves 6
I could never understand why my guys would turn up their noses at salads I served them, yet lustily dig into the aluminum trays of salad that came with a pizza delivery. Then I decided to stop grappling—and shamelessly created a tastier facsimile at home. Here the lettuce is crisp-crunchy, devoid of any weird, unidentifiable vegetables, and doused with my mama’s delicious salad dressing. Photo on page 67.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 hearts of romaine, chopped
  • 3 plum tomatoes, each cut lengthwise into 6 wedges
  • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced into rings
  • ½ cup pitted black olives
  • ¹⁄³ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 1 recipe Rose’s Vinaigrette (see below)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Place the romaine on a platter and top with the tomatoes, onion, olives, and cheese. Drizzle generously with vinaigrette just before serving.

PANTRY

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