Pick-And-Mix Salad

This is from Jamie Oliver's Ministry Of Food cookbook. I love the idea behind it, so I thought I would share it with you. The idea is simple, you choose 1 ingredient from each section, and build your salad from the ground up, to suit your tastes! You then dress it with a salad dressing of your choice. Use the measurements included as a guide only (I haven't added measurements for each ingredient, just an example in each category), as that is all up too you also! There are no rules, just choose your 6 ingredients, and build your own great salad!

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Yields: 1 salad

Ingredients

• SOFT

• 1  round lettuce
•  oakleaf lettuce
•  lamb's lettuce
•  watercress

• CRUNCHY

• 1  cos lettuce
•  little gem lettuce
•  chicory lettuce
•  radicchio

• HERBY

• 4  tablespoons of fresh mint
•  fresh basil
•  fresh flat leaf parsley
•  fresh rocket

• VEG

• 1  cucumber
•  tomatoes
•  carrot
•  celery

• CHEESE

• 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese
•  mozzarella cheese
•  feta
•  creamy blue cheese

• TOPPINGS

• 2  tablespoons  mixed seeds, toasted
•  pine nuts, toasted
•  rustic crouton
•  pappadams, crumbled

Directions

1. Choose an ingredient from each of the 6 groups above.
2. Wash and spin dry the soft and crunchy leaves.
3. Pick the herby leaves off their stalks.
4. Finely slice or peel the veg and shave, tear or crumble up the cheese.
5. Toss everything together in a large bowl.
6. Dress simply with your choice of dressing, and season with a pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper if needed.
7. Divide the salad between your serving bowls and sprinkle over your chosen topping.