Crisp Spring Greens With Creamy Tomato Dressing

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 -6 cups mixed greens, cleaned, dried, and torn
• 4 -6 green onions, thinly sliced (include some green part)
• 1 -2 medium tomato, cored and cut into think wedges or sliced
• 1 avocado, peeled, seed removed, immediately sprinkled with lemon juice juice and cut into think slices (optional)
• to taste blue cheese, crumbled (optional) or to taste roquefort cheese, at room temperature (for garnish) (optional)
• to taste crouton, crisp toasted (for garnish) (optional)
• 1/2 cup tomato soup, undiluted
• 6 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
• 1 tablespoon tomato base chili sauce or 1 tablespoon catsup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 1/2-1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon onion, peeled and minced
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic, peeled and minced
• 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 2 -3 drops hot pepper sauce, to taste (optional)
• 3/4 cup salad oil (canola, corn safflower, or a combination)
• to taste 35 % fresh cream

Recipe

• 1 prepare greens, store in a sealed airtight plastic bag in the refrigerator until ready to serve. arrange greens in individual salad bowls or on individual salad plates, dividing evenly.
• 2 top each with sliced green onions and tomato wedges or slices.
• 3 garnish each with crumbled blue or roquefort cheese and/or crisp croutons, if desired.
• 4 pass creamy tomato dressing.
• 5 creamy tomato dressing combine the first 9 to 11 ingredients together in a blender container.
• 6 cover and blend at medium speed for 30 seconds; uncover and with the motor at low speed, gradually add oil, blending until mixture is smooth and completely mixed.
• 7 season with salt and pepper to taste. cover and increase motor speed to high; beat for 30 seconds.
• 8 store, tightly sealed, in an airtight glass container or jar in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
• 9 note: may use about 1/4 to 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil and 1/3 to 1/2 cup other salad oil, if desired.
• 10 the flavor of 3/4 cup olive oil is too intense for this dressing.
• 11 variation: may add 1/2 crumbled blue or roquefort cheese to prepared dressing, if desired. or, may add 1/2 cup crumbled cheese to dressing mixture while beating and then stir in 1/2 cup crumbled cheese after preparation, if desired.