I’m not sure if anyone but me would ever notice this, but if you have been paying attention to the pictures in my post this week, you will see that they all have one thing in common. Do you know what it is? If you guessed that the same white plate is in all THREE pictures, then you would be correct! Yes, it is the same plate. What does that tell you? That I either washed this plate a lot for all of those pictures OR these are the only white dessert/salad plates I own. The last assumption would be correct.

This salad is one we made (and ate) at my monthly cooking class. Speaking of my monthly cooking class, I was supposed to be at it tonight, but Portland has gotten slammed with a bizarre amount of snow and people have forgotten how to drive and well, it just wasn’t safe, so Lisa cancelled the class. I almost cried I was so sad, but then I started worrying about Josh who had been trying to get home since about noon and was stuck in traffic and to make a long story short, after FIVE hours of fighting traffics, Max Trains, and Buses, he finally got home, but only with the help of my parents who drove out to get him from the country where they live to town where I live. A very long day indeed!

But this salad! So simple. So beautiful. So delicious! Seriously! I think you should serve this alongside whatever dish your making for Valentine’s Day because of how lovely and good it really is. You can prep the ingredients ahead of time (except the avocado) and then toss it together right before you’re ready to eat and Presto! You’ve got a salad that you would pay $6 for easily in a restaurant for half the price! This is my new favorite salad to eat!