My Favorite Color Is Purple Salad

Inspired by a stroll through the produce stands at our local farmers' market. If purple isn't your favorite color, choose another: orange, green, red, etc. Purple beets or the delicious peruvian purple potatoes, roasted, are another suggestion for this salad... The vinaigrette i found online from an oregon source: hood river, oregon to be precise, along the lovely columbia river gorge! Be sure your ingredients for this recipe are very fresh! eggplant is not allowed within fifty feet of this salad.

Steps

Dressing: to prepare the vinaigrette , combine all of the ingredients in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.

Shake until blended.

Taste and adjust seasonings.

Salad: arrange the vegetables artfully on a salad platter lined with the romaine lettuce.

Serve raspberry-lavender vinaigrette on the side.

Ingredients

purple cauliflower, purple bell pepper, red cabbage, carrots, purple tomato, red onions, blueberries, purple basil, romaine lettuce, extra virgin olive oil, sauvignon blanc wine, raspberry vinegar, lavender flowers, fresh lime juice, salt, black pepper