Basil Radicchio Caesar with fruit & nuts

I make this salad multiple times a week, it is so crazy delicious! This radicchio Caesar is loaded up with strawberries and basil, nuts, croutons, and a healthy amount of cheese to tie everything together. Use with whatever fruits you have in season near you, berries and apples are tasty too!

Image from LB’s Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 head radicchio, ripped or sliced up (you can bulk up the salad with some lettuce too)

• 1/3 bunch basil, whole leaves

• 1 tomato, sliced

• 1/3 onion, sliced thin

• Fruit (boysenberries / strawberries / peaches)

• Nuts (I toasted up some hazelnuts & almonds)

• Croutons (you can rip up the end of some bread to make your own; last night I just used some left-over stuffing bread cubes I had in the cupboard from Thanksgiving and toasted them up in the frying pan with olive oil, salt & pepper)

• Cheese (freshly grated parmesan is lovely; this week I just used a sharp white cheddar)

• Creamy Dressing: I used a garlic Caesar dressing

Directions

I like to toss the chicory greens, basil, and onion up in a big bowl with the dressing. Then I just have all my tomato, fruit, nuts, croutons, and cheese on a cutting board on the side to toss onto the plates individually. You can mix everything all together too, but sometimes all those chunky yummies get lost or just end up at the bottom of the bowl. I love making this as a huge salad, then packing the rest of it for lunch the next day.