The Best Salad You'll Ever Make (Restaurant-Quality) | Epicurious 101

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds provide a similar crunch at a lower cost.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: cotage cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories.

Chop half of a shallot as fine as possible and rinse it in a strainer for about a minute to remove harsh flavors.

In a bowl, combine 1/4 cup of champagne vinegar and 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil, seasoning with salt to taste.

In a large bowl, add a mix of greens including red leaf, green leaf, romaine, butter lettuce, endive, and little gem, trimming them as necessary.

Dress the greens with about 3 tablespoons of the vinaigrette already in the bowl, tossing gently with hands to coat evenly.

Season the salad again with salt to enhance flavor.

Plate the salad by layering half of the greens in the center of the plate, crumbling Danish blue cheese and adding toasted almonds on top, then adding more greens and repeating the layering.

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