My girls are pretty funny about salad, and particularly salad dressing.  I have one that use to only use salad as a means to eating the dressing, while the other one just likes plain lettuce.  I am more of a dressing gal myself – although I certainly don’t eat salad just to consume the dressing.  Everything in moderation…pretty much my goal in life.  Of course, usually what really happens in my life is the following:  If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.

Yep, that’s exactly what’s happened with the market basket that I signed up for.  This is no ordinary CSA basket, this is a basket on steroids – but the good kind of steroids, the ones that are organic and healthy.  Seriously, is there such a thing??  YES – it comes to my door everything Thursday!  I am overwhelmed by the bounty, and every week we are scrambling to come up with ways so that we are not wasting a single bit.

The lettuce parade gets us every week.  The problem is that’s my go-to lunch at work. When I have no time for anything else, I can at least grab a salad.  Plus, I must say – the salad bars are pretty extensive – you can basically find anything you have ever hoped for – which is not typical of my refrigerator, unless it comes from the basket.  So, trying to match the type of salad I get at work is pretty tough – but I have been working at it.  I found this recipe for an Avocado Salad Dressing in Cooking Light, and I realized that’s exactly what I need to get through the madness.  The dressing was much thicker than I imagined, but it was delicious and creamy.  I just love avocado in salads, and this made it even better – it coated every single piece of lettuce, instead of just getting some chunks here and there.

Before getting another basket today, I decided I would bring all the lettuce from last week to work for my lunch.  I was on a mission last night to find anything and everything in our refrigerator to make the best salad I could.  I found some leftover pork roast, smoked chicken, roasted beets, hard boiled eggs, roasted red peppers, carrots and leftover cauliflower.  I must say, it was a salad fit for a queen – but it was missing one key ingredient – that avocado dressing…

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup diced avocado
• 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 cup thinly sliced radishes
• 1/2 cup shredded carrots
• 1 (5-ounce) package mixed baby greens