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Southern Italian Style Arugula Salad! I learned to love these salads all throughout southern Italy--mixed greens, but always arugula (sometimes only arugula!), corn, tomatoes, some protein. So when I got home I made some with American bacon and then tried 2 different fruits--cantaloupe and peach! Bliss!

Southern Italian Style Arugula Salad

All amounts are to taste. Obviously I usually include more lettuce and arugula than other ingredients. Prep time is mainly for cooking the bacon and shredding the cheese, so if you buy those already prepared the salad will come together much more quickly.

Course Entree
Cuisine salads
Prep Time 25 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Author TheSpicedLife

Ingredients

  • pieces Red and/or green leaf lettuce rinsed and patted dry, ripped into smaller
  • Baby arugula
  • Corn kernels, cooked until crisp tender in salted water
  • Crumbled crisply cooked bacon
  • Shredded or grated Pecorino Romano cheese
  • Tomato wedges or grape or cherry tomatoes
  • Cantaloupe cut into chunks OR sliced peaches (I left the skin on)
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • A good medium aged balsamic vinegar
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Toss all of the ingredients together except the fruit and oil and vinegar.
  2. Let each person top with fruit of choice (or only make with one of the fruits, in which case toss it in yourself).

  3. Let each person drizzle with oil and vinegar to taste. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

  4. Serve immediately.