Your Basic Tossed Salad

9 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 hearts romaine lettuce
  • 2 small plum tomatoes, diced
  • 1 Kirby cucumber or 1/4 European seedless cucumber, diced
  • 1 small yellow onion or 1/2 red onion, chopped
  • 1 carrot, peeled and shredded
  • 1 /4 cup (a couple of glugs) extra-virgin olive oil,
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons (a couple of splashes) red wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • Coarse salt and black pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Place salad greens in a salad bowl and top with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, and carrot.
  2. 2
    Place oil, vinegar and sugar in a small plastic container.
  3. 3
    Put the lid on the container and shake dressing until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.
  4. 4
    Pour dressing over salad.
  5. 5
    Season salad with salt and pepper, to taste, and toss to combine.

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