Just a simple salad recipe, but it's always gone over really well at potlucks and dinners for all eaters. Looks beautiful served. Also, in winter when the tomatoes are not the best in texture and color around here, slicing them into the vinaigrette like this helps.

We carry the shredded lettuce separately in a bag. This time, I included some shredded purple cabbage on top of the lettuce. Just before serving, we mounded the marinated tomatoes on top in the middle. You'd think people would recognize the ingredients, especially a lot of parsley, but people always ask, it's balanced very well -- the parsley and scallions make a really thick green vinaigrette with the parsley bits... very pretty with the red tomato slices.

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Sliced Tomatoes Vinaigrette on Shredded Lettuce
from Cuisinart Food Processor recipe book

1 medium head romaine lettuce (1.5 pounds)

1/4 cup parsley leaves, loosely packed
3 small shallots (1/2 oz total), peeled (honestly, I use scallions)
1/4 cup red wine vinegar (we use raw ACV)
3/4 cup safflower oil (we use olive oil)
1 teaspoon Dijon style mustard (we use a stone ground)


2 teaspoons sugar (and we omit the sugar)
1 teaspoon salt (we use sea salt, carefully)
Freshly ground pepper

5 firm but ripe medium tomatoes (5 oz each), cored, opposite ends cut flat

Insert the medium slicing disc. Cut the lettuce into wedges to fit the feed
tube. Put the pieces into the feed tube and slice them, using light pressure.
Transfer the lettuce to a serving platter.

Insert the metal blade. Put the parsley in the work bowl. With the machine
running, drop the shallots through the feed tube to mince them. Add all the
remaining ingredients except the tomatoes and combine them by turning the
machine on and off 4 times. Remove the metal blade and insert the slicing disc.

Slice the tomatoes into the vinaigrette, using light pressure. Transfer the
contents of the work bowl to the platter with the sliced lettuce. Arrange the
slices in an attractive pattern.

Makes 8 servings.
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Further note: I used to shred in the food processor but now, I tend to slice the lettuce by hand to keep it fresher. We use a 4mm disc for the tomatoes.