Ingredients:
Two hard-boiled organic or local eggs (optional if you’re
vegan or too impatient)
Organic bacon bits alternative
2 organic hearts of romaine
Organic shredded cheese or cheese alternative (your choice;
either yellow or orange cheeses are great)
2 vegetarian breaded chicken patties
2 organic tomatoes
1 organic red pepper
Organic croutons
Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Meanwhile, thoroughly rinse romaine hearts,
then pat them dry with a towel.
Tear off any brown areas to compost them, then bunch the
romaine with your hand and cut it into horizontal slices, working from the tip
to the butt. Repeat for the second heart of
romaine. Compost the butts.
Dice tomatoes and red peppers. Compost the tomato core and red pepper cap
and innards. While you’re chopping,
reflect upon a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh: “We have to eat happy eggs from
happy chickens.”
When the water boils, gently drop in eggs. Boil for three minutes or until they’re
hard-boiled. Meanwhile, spread the
sliced romaine hearts evenly between two plates. (This serves two, in case you haven’t already
guessed.)
Cook the vegetarian chicken patties according to package directions,
either in the microwave if you’re super hungry and need to eat soon, or in the
oven if you want them to be crunchier.
(Of course, if you cook them in the oven, make that the first step
before boiling the eggs.) Cut the
patties into slices when they’re done, then arrange the slices on each plate of
romaine.
Rinse the eggs under cold water until they’re cool enough to
handle. Chop the eggs, or use an egg
slicer and pretend it’s your least favourite politician’s head.
Sprinkle organic bacon bits alternative, cheese or cheese
alternative, red peppers, tomatoes and croutons evenly onto each salad. Actually, don’t do it evenly--sneak just a
few more goodies onto your salad.
You can use pre-packaged organic croutons, or you may be
able to find crunchy organic or local baguette chips that you can crumble onto
the salad. And if you’re in a pinch, you
can simply crumble some organic crackers or tortilla chips that you may already
have on hand.
The organic produce you use in this hearty salad is as
limitless as your imagination. You can
also try diced cucumber, shredded carrots, sugar snap peas--the list goes on
and on.
This organic salad is really great with organic thousand
island dressing. Or try mixing organic
ranch and organic French dressing! Chow
down!
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