Recipe: Fisherman's Salad

[ellyssian]

• onion straws
• cod pieces
• green leaf lettuce, chopped into thin slices
• baby spinach leaves, thinly sliced
• carrots, chopped into thin slices
• extra sharp cheddar, shredded
• Briannas Lively Lemon Tarragon dressing

Prep the salad ingredients, make the onion straws and cod pieces.

Heat 2 tbsp of the dressing (or so) in a small saucepan over very low (as low as you can go) heat. I simmered it while the fish fried, turned the heat off, and left it there until the onion straws were done, and it was perfect. A bit of heat brings out the sweetness in the dressing; it's not necessarily served hot, though.

This is best done in individual size servings ~ I wouldn't advise putting this in a big bowl and tossing it.

Add a few onion straws, then the lettuce, spinach, and carrots. Mix that up a bit. Add some more onion straws, and a few pieces of the fish. Top with the cheese and drizzle with the dressing.

As mentioned with the cod pieces recipe, beer battered might be the way to go... although the onion straws held up well with the dressing and veggies, the fish seemed to get soggier. A battered coating may prevent that.