Making Lunch

Almost everyone that sees me eat lunch at school asks about it. It is always a salad. They tend to be fairly magnificent creations. To date, I have received one marriage proposal, numerous orders and an offer to become someone's chef for life.

I make each salad fresh each morning. Preparing the dish usually requires about 1/2 hour. Here are the ingredients of the salad that I made Thursday morning:

A Generous Amount of Red Leaf Lettuce,

Modest Amounts of the following:

Fresh corn cut from the cob
Fresh Blackberries
Fresh Raspberries
Diced Red Peppers
Chopped Broccoli
Diced Baby Carrots
Chopped Dried Apricots
Dried Cranberries
Chopped Green Onion
Tomato quarters
Diced Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Diced Fresh Peaches
Diced Fresh Pluots (Plum/Apricot cross, wonderful!)
Diced Cucumbers
Chopped Cabbage
Chopped Green Snap Beans
About 1/2 cup of diced Honey Ham
Sliced Mushrooms
Chopped Pecans
Diced Golden Kiwi Fruit
Diced Apple
Diced Green Olives stuffed with Jalapeno
Diced Pepper Jack Cheese

All topped with a modest amount of Poppyseed Dressing

This usually takes me about 20-30 minutes to eat. I did not have time to get my whole salad eaten today and had to bring some of it home.

Depending upon what is available, I might also add Strawberries, Blueberries, Pears, Hardboiled Eggs, Turkey, Tuna, Raisins, Black Olives or any other fruit or vegetable laying around.

In case anyone is wondering, I have almost the exact same thing for breakfast each morning, leaving out the meat and vegetables. I put any fruit and nut available into a bowl with one Shredded Wheat biscuit and about 1/2 cup of Wheaties or Bran Flakes (whichever is on sale.)

I get lots of fruit servings each day!