Three Bread Salad

Ingredients

• 6 cups mixed salad greens
• 2 inches thick slices crusty sourdough bread, cut into irregular pieces
• 8 inches whole wheat pita bread rounds, cut into 12 wedges
• 2 slices pumpernickel bread, torn into pieces
• 1 small sweet onion, very thinly sliced and separated into rings
• 1 cup pear-shaped tomatoes or 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 2 ounces shaved dry monterey jack cheese or 2 ounces other hard grating cheese
• 14 cup snipped dried yellow tomatoes (not oil-packed) or 14 cup tomatoes (not oil-packed)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 14 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon dijon-style mustard
• 2 teaspoons snipped fresh thyme or 12 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 18 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 13 cup olive oil