HealthNotes

Laredo Salad with Cowboy Marinated Onions

• From: National Onion Association

Ingredients

• 1 large yellow onion, halved

• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar

• 1/4 cup water

• 1/4 cup sugar

• 1/2 tsp ground cumin

• 1/2 tsp chili powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 1/2 quarts mixed salad greens

• 2 large tomatoes, halved and sliced

• 1 avocado

• 1/4 cup packed, coarsely chopped cilantro leaves

• 1 small, fresh chili, sliced

• 4 ripe olives

• Picante Vinaigrette1/4 cup olive oil

• 2 Tbs red wine vinegar

• 2 Tbs medium picante sauce

• 1 Tbs sugar

• 1 tsp dried oregano

After a long, hard day on the ranch, kick off your cowboy boots and dig in to this salad; serve alongside a juicy steak.

Directions

• Place onion flat side down and thinly slice crosswise. Combine vinegar, water, sugar, cumin, chili powder, and salt in container with lid.
• Shake well to mix, add onion and shake to coat onion thoroughly. Place in refrigerator and marinate overnight, shaking onions in marinade 2 or 3 times.
• To assemble salad, heap lettuce on four plates. Arrange tomato slices on salads radiating out from center, wagon wheel fashion.
• Lift onions from marinade and place into center. Halve, seed, and peel avocado. Slice each half lengthwise into thin slices, keeping slices attached at one end. Fan out and divide onto salads.
• Sprinkle salads with cilantro and chile slices; add olives.
• Picante VinaigretteIn a jar, combine olive oil, red wine vinegar, medium picante sauce, sugar, and dried oregano; shake well.
• Serve Picante Vinaigrette alongside Laredo Salad.