This salad comes from my young adult years in Wilmington, DE, with my lovely wife Pat and our two picture perfect children, Ray, Jr. and Patty. As I remember it, we were enjoying the nicer local restaurants and in this instance the restaurant was Poor Richard's Inn. Said restaurant had a salad on the menu that I never had before ... and to be honest, I can't even remember how they named it. All I know is it was delicious and never left my memory ... except for the great sweet and sour salad dressing that existed nowhere else. And that memory was so true and intense that many years later I recreated that dressing from taste and smell memory, and with a great idea from my then current wife, Janet. What a success!

You can find the recipe for the sweet and sour salad dressing here in Food Nirvana, under the recipe category Dips, Dressings and Sauces. You want to make it.

As for the salad, it is easy to make and unique as it combines Napa and Romaine lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese and crisp croutons ... and the superb dressing.

Ingredients: (four to six servings)

1 head of Romaine lettuce at room temperature, chopped into 1"x1 ½" pieces

Napa cut similarly to the Romaine lettuce and in equal amount

4 (or more) ounces of grated aged cheddar cheese

1 cup of plain crisp croutons

About 1/2 to 3/4 cup of the Food Nirvana Sweet and Sour Salad Dressing

Directions:

Prepare the Romaine lettuce and the Napa and combine/mix them in individual serving bowls.

Dispense a generous amount of shredded cheddar cheese evenly over the greens mixture.

Put about 1/4 cup of croutons on the top of each salad, evenly distributed.

Drizzle the salad dressing over the surface of the salad ingredients.

Start eating the salad with a fork, no need to mix it, and prepare yourself to be delighted.

Yes, life is good ... very good!

Share the joy of having this salad with loved ones and close friends.