Kitchen Sink Salad

Name: Kitchen Sink Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams package mixed baby salad greens; 177 milliliters balsamic vinegar; 473 milliliters loosely packed basil leaves; 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 English cucumber, halved, diced 1/2-inch pieces; 1 clove garlic put through garlic press; 2 Tbsps crumbled Gorgonzola; 12 kalamata olives, pitted and sliced in 1/2 vertically; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 3 pancetta, roughly chopped; 6 servings Freshly cracked black pepper; 2 Tbsps pine nuts; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 large tomato, diced in 1/2-inch pieces

Kitchen Sink Salad might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 261 calories. This gluten free and primal recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes. If you have garlic put through garlic press, pine nuts, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a blender combine all ingredients except olive oil. Pulse several times until well combined. Once combined, turn machine on and slowly add in olive oil. Chill until ready to use.

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Olive Oil

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Blender

In a medium fry pan over medium heat, cook the pancetta until crispy.

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Pancetta

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Frying Pan

Remove to paper-towel lined plate to drain and cool. Clean out pan with paper towel and in same pan over medium heat, lightly toast the pine nuts.

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Pine Nuts

Toast

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Remove to a plate and set aside to cool. Wash and dry greens, place in refrigerator to chill 10 to 15 minutes. Also chill individual salad plates or a platter if serving salad family-style.

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Greens

When ready to serve, in a large bowl toss together salad greens, cucumber and tomato with just enough dressing to lightly coat salad.

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Greens

Cucumber

Tomato

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Bowl

Place salad on chilled individual plates or platter. Dress top of salad with pancetta, pine nuts, olives, Gorgonzola and freshly cracked black pepper.

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Cracked Black Peppercorns