Indian Salad

Last night while grocery shopping we picked up some Trader Joe's Masala Burgers.  We had heard they were good, and they had them at the tasting station tonight so we decided a salad sounded easy and tasty.  I pan cooked them and some onions in ghee (clarified butter....a traditional Indian fat).  I piled our plates with spinach, heirloom cherry tomatoes, chickpeas and then the burgers with the onions.  Sprinkled on some fleur de sel, curry powder, and cayenne pepper. 

It was delicious!  Plenty of veggies (the burgers are vegetarian with potatoes, peppers, corn, etc).  And then for dessert we shared a grapefruit and then I took some marscapone cheese, mixed in a dab of maple syrup and we shared an apple and a banana (the latter with the puppies as well who perk up at the sound of a banana being cracked).  Rounding off the evening with some carbohydrates of french bread dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  

Salads in the summer are taken for granted, particularly when you're like us with our CSA and ate more salads than you ever imagined you would.  But winter salads are a scrumptious way to pack a vegetable (and thereby nutrients) punch.