There is something deeply satisfying about the watery crunch of iceberg lettuce that brings me back to my childhood; a time when a salad was always iceberg lettuce, and a fancy salad was a wedge of iceberg lettuce. Topped with 1000 Island dressing, of course.
Many folks believe that iceberg is one of the least-nutritious of the lettuces, but every now and again, I want that crunch. So… I figure if I add a few nice nutritional things to the salad, I break even.
Tonight it was roasted vegetables – zucchini, broccolini, mushrooms, yellow bell peppers, leftover flank steak, and a homemade 1000 Island dressing. And a couple of cherry pepper shooters.
I also made a few slices of garlic toast. I burned it – but we ate it, anyway. It wasn’t totally and completely charred.