![]() ![]() This is my version of the famous La Scala chopped salad I came to love, but you should feel free to use whatever's in your fridge to make it your own. Since everything is cut into tiny pieces, the salad is much easier to get in your mouth and chew, making the whole task of eating it less daunting for little ones - and easier to digest for all of us. Now you can find small chains in some cities which specialize in that, but luckily making your own choped salad at home is simple. I went as far as looking at potential locations but sadly, that endeavor never came to fruition. The idea was that you could pick from a wide variety of farm fresh vegetables and other toppings and have them all chopped and mixed together so that every single bite you had was the best bite. So obsessed did I become with the idea of chopped salad using a mezzaluna, I even tried to open my own chopped salad restaurant after culinary school. ![]() Crunchy Romaine lettuce, fresh turkey, ham, salami, chickpeas, olives, peppers, mozzarella and more diced into tiny bite-sized pieces and lightly tossed with a tangy vinaigrette. Not to say that the salad of my youth wasn't tasty, but this was a totally different experience. The salad I grew up eating was basic_ big pieces of iceberg lettuce, wedges of tomato and slices of cucumbers tossed in Italian WishBone Dressing. Up to that point I had never tasted anything like it. In addition to the red leather booths and old school waiters, they're especially famous for one dish, their chopped salad. When I first moved to Los Angeles many moons ago, a friend took me to a restaurant called La Scala.
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