Anything Goes Salad (My Version)

Oh no. You've caught me again. I've once again come up with a recipe that isn't really a recipe (see Rainbow Salad). Oh well. This is just what I do when I'm too lazy to actually go through all that measuring and baking and eating. Oh wait, never mind about the eating. This is my Anything Goes Salad, where seriously, anything goes! Toss together anything you want. Even if it's beyond weird. Don't worry about it. This recipe makes 2 servings.

Basically this recipe is Costco's Iceberg Lettuce Mix married to Rainbow Salad. I know, ingenious right? Yes, that's because I snuck went into Costco yesterday, and bought a giant bag of Iceberg Lettuce mix! And then I had to call my mom to come pay because I don't have a Costco card. As for the lettuce, apart from those icky purple things (which is one of the three ingredients of the mix), I like it, but it's too plain. So I decided to spruce it up with random fruit from my refrigerator topped off with several dollops of vanilla yogurt! Truth be told, I hate vanilla yogurt. So you might be wondering why I used it in a salad? Well, that's because I hate vanilla yogurt! It's never going to get eaten if I just leave it in the refrigerator, so might as well use it in something and hope I still like it. If that logic doesn't make sense to you, don't sweat it. It doesn't make sense to me either.

Anything Goes Salad

• 1 cup watermelon chunks
  
• 1 yellow nectarine, cut into chunks
  
• 1 cup grapes
  
• 3 cups Costco's Iceberg Lettuce Mix
  
• 1 container (Light) Yoplait Very Vanilla Yogurt
  

  
  

1. Cut everything into chunks (except the lettuce mix and yogurt, of course).
   
2. Toss fruit with lettuce mix.
   
3. Pour, douse, throw, or simply plop the yogurt onto various parts of the salad.
   
4. Present it to your sister who will "ooh" and "aah" at your genius.
   
5. Take it back if your sister doesn't marvel at your genius.
   

Calories (1 serving): 160

Rainbow Salad

Oh please don't look at me like that. I know what you're probably thinking: "why is Tofu posting up a recipe for something I could easily come up with myself?" Yes, I know. It's just that… I have never thought of this recipe until just this afternoon. I'm so ashamed. It just hit me when I opened the refrigerator and discovered the wide variety of fruit I have. I don't even know how they got there (the fruit fairy?). Nevertheless, an idea just popped~! into my mind, because there were so many colors and so many different fruits. What could you do with all these fruits? Fruit salad, of course!

There are so many varieties of fruit salad. Tossed with yogurt, drizzled with honey, sprinkled with roasted almonds… But, I always believed the simpler the better. Therefore, my favorite type of fruit salad consists of just plain… fruit!

My tolerance of food varies widely based on my mood, but my love for fruit never changes (similar to my love for tofu). Plus, I wanted a light and healthy lunch, since I'm going to Olive Garden tonight for a farewell dinner with my fellow girl scouts. I know that everyone else in the world has probably already re-invented a fruit salad recipe in a million different ways, but just for the record, I'd like to add my name to the list. Feel free to take out/add in anything and everything you want. Makes 2 servings.

Rainbow Salad

• 4 large leaves of crisphead lettuce
  
• 1 cup strawberries
  
• 2 mandarin oranges or tangerines
  
• 1 lemon
  
• 1 cup blueberries or blackberries
  
• 1 cup cherries
  

1. Wash the leaves of lettuce, then submerge in ice cold water (or submerge in water and put in refrigerator). Leave for at least 10 minutes to allow the lettuce to become crisp.
   
2. Rinse the strawberries, tangerines, lemon, blueberries, and cherries in a large bowl.
3. Cut the leaves off the strawberries, and quarter them. Place in a bowl.
4. Peel tangerines and separate them into sections.
   
5. Cut out four slices from the lemon.
   
6. Place blueberries and cherries in a separate bowl.
   
7. Toss everything together except the lemon, which will be used as a garnish (or you can arrange it according to your aesthetic tastes).
   
8. Serve with pride!

Calories (1 serving): 135