Recipe - Peppered Salami Salad

One half cup Olive oil
2 Garlic cloves, crushed
3 sl White bread, crusts removed,
cubed
One half teaspoon Chili seasoning
8 ounce Young spinach
OR
1 Cos lettuce
1 Piece peppered salami,
minced (6 oz)
3 small Onions, cut or sliced up , separated
in rings
1 Red bell pepper, seeded, cut
in thin slices
4 ounce Button mushrooms, cut or sliced up
1 One half tablespoon Lemon juice
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Prepared mustard
Salt to taste
Fresh ground pepper to taste
12 Marinated Spiced Olives

Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a skillet. Add garlic and bread cubes and fry,
stirring constantly, until golden. Remove from heat. Add chili seasoning,
stir well and cool. Tear spinach or lettuce leaves into bitesize pieces.
In a large salad bowl, combine spinach or lettuce leaves, salami, onion,
bell pepper and mushrooms.

Place remaining oil in a screwtop jar with lemon juice, sugar, mustard,
salt and pepper. Shake vigorously until well blended. Pour over salad and
toss well. Sprinkle croutons on top and garnish with olives. Serve at once.

NOTE: Salad (without dressing) may be prepared in advance and kept covered
in refrigerator. Just before serving, shake dressing ingredients
vigorously, add to salad and toss well. Add croutons and olives and serve
at once.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini