Classic Tossed Salad Recipe - Bush’s Best

Classic Tossed Salad

Recipe By: Toni Bankson   Photo By: SummerRain
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Having two different lettuces, Romaine and red leaf, is a nice touch in this hearty tossed salad. And there's a nice balance of soft and crunchy: tomatoes and mushrooms to sesame seeds and almonds. Colorful too. Serve with BUSH’S® Honey Baked Beans.
 
  • Prep: 20 Minutes
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  • Cook: 10 Minutes
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  • Total: 30 Minutes
 
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  • 1 cup blanched slivered almonds
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  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
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  • 1 head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
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  • 1 head red leaf lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
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  • 1 (8 ounce) package crumbled feta cheese
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  • 1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives
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  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
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  • 1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced
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  • 6 fresh mushrooms, sliced
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  • 1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
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  • 1 (8 ounce) bottle Italian salad dressing
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  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place the almonds in the skillet, and cook, stirring frequently until lightly browned. When the almonds are beginning to turn, add sesame seeds, and cook 1 more minute, or until seeds are toasted.
  2. In a large salad bowl, combine lettuce with feta cheese, olives, almonds, sesame seeds, tomatoes, onion, mushrooms, and Romano cheese. When ready to serve, toss with Italian dressing.
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Reviewed By: Flannery
An absolutely wonderful salad; a staple of every get-together; never any left over; therefore, how can it be anything less than a 5 star? You can make the salad SUBLIME by using extra-special ingredients, such as baby portabella mushrooms, goat/sheep milk feta, homemade italian dressing made with lovely olive oil (most of the bottled dressings are made with soybean oil, which is just fine but not as scrumptious as a delicious nutty olive oil). On hot summer evenings I crave this salad for a meal all by itself.
Reviewed By: homeschooler3
I will be making this again. I followed the directions and it turned out great. It really compliments an Italian meal.
Reviewed By: cookin'mama
This is a good basic salad, best with fresh kalamata or nicoise olives instead of canned olives. I have used both dressing made from Italian Dressing Mix from this site and a homemade sweet balsamic dressing with good results.