A salad to die for

Note: this just happened to be what my parents had on hand one night when they asked me to make a salad.  It just happened to work wonderfully.


Basics on the salad:

• One large grapefruit.  I think ruby red works better aesthetically but use what you have.
• Greens.  I like spinach.  Obviously.  Arugula is great here as well as is any bitter green.
• Walnuts.  Nice and chopped, but not too fine; you want the texture.
• Your choice: either goat cheese or crumbled blue cheese.  Both seem to work; blue does a bit better for some reason.
• Bell peppers wouldn't hurt anything.  Neither would a bit of cucumber.  And frankly jicama would be awesome here.

 And then you dress it:

• Olive oil
• White wine vinegar (and actually rice wine vinegar works here too).
• Coriander
• Just a touch of garlic
• Powdered cumin
• Just possibly a dash of ground lemon grass?

And that, friends, makes a salad.