Aunt Kathryn's Shower Salad

This is a TRUE MEAL salad. It fills up my 6'5" jock brother-in-law. End of story.

1 bag spinach

1 head red leaf lettuce

1 head romaine lettuce

1 box or bag sliced mushrooms

i jar artichoke hearts

i purple onion

1 avocado, sliced in chunks

1 pkg. cherry tomatoes (I cut them in half)

1 pkg chicken tenders (marinate w/ honey mustard dressing and grill!)
1 pkg grated Parmesan

1 pkg butter garlic croutons

1 pkg cheese tortellini (cooked)

Combine above ingredients -- add tortellini and croutons just before serving. Also, make sure lettuce is rinsed and very dry before tossing together with other ingredients.

For dressing mix in blender:

2 1/2 t salt

1/2 c balsamic vinegar

2 T onion

2 cloves garlic

2 T garlic powder

3/4 c canola oil

2 T parsley

4 t Dijon mustard

1 t Worcestershire sauce
8 t sugar

Blend and drizzle over salad (you don't have to use all this dressing for one recipe of salad. You'll likely need most, but not all of it. I added all of it once and it made the salad so soggy it was kind of a bummer.) You don't want the salad to loose it's crispy freshness!