D is for Dylan’s Crazy Salad.  Dylan is my 11 year old son. He loves salad.  Last Saturday he made a shopping list and asked me to buy all the items so he could make a salad for the family for dinner.  WOWWWWW … someone preparing a meal for me?  Exciting!

His shopping list included: mesclun salad greens, baby spinach, celery, cucumber, kale, radishes,  tomatoes, avocado, eggs, gorgonzola cheese, red onion, pepperoncini, black olives, parsley  and red peppers.   I suggested the bacon since I had some left from the Dyed Easter Deviled Eggs I was preparing for the next day.

He is not quite ready to use a chef knife, but he did well with the small basic utility knife I gave him. He loved using the egg cutter too.  It was a great Cobb like salad that he now calls his Crazy salad. Everyone loved the salad.  We ate it with Rosemary Gorgonzola Burgers.

Next week is my 7 year old daughter wants in on the action. She is already planning her salad and she is competitive. Let’s see what she comes up with.