Italian Chopped Salad

Prep: 15m Cook: 0 Ready In: 15m Serves: 4
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 Iceburg Lettuce or 2 Butter Lettuces, chopped into small dice
- 2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped into small dice
- 1 green pepper, seeded and chopped into small dice
- ½ red onion, chopped into small dice
- 1/3 cup Kalamata olives, pitted and chopped into small dice
- 225g mozzarella cheese, chopped into small dice
- 60g Garfunkels Salami, chopped into small dice
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
Herbed Red Wine Vinaigrette
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, pressed through garlic press
- ¼ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Pinch ground black pepper
- ¾ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
Method
- Salad: Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl and set aside in fridge while the vinaigrette is made.
- Herbed Red Wine Vinaigrette: In a medium bowl, add all vinaigrette ingredients except the olive oil, and whisk to combine; next begin slowly adding the oil, whisking until vinaigrette is emulsified.
- Pour the vinaigrette over the salad and thoroughly toss to coat; check and adjust the salt/pepper, if necessary.