Way back when I was in college my sweety (later she was my 1st wife, Carol) and I went to the World's Fair at Flushing Meadow on Long island. One night we dined in the Moroccan Pavilion, which had a wonderful restaurant. It was my introduction to the delights of everything from hummus and baba ganouch to kebabs and an item that I have made myself many times - red salad.

My version has metamorphosed many times, and I have added or deleted according to the results and my taste buds. Essentially, except for the greens and the nuts, everything in the salad is red in color.

After I make this tonight (later) I will take and post photos.

Here are the ingredients:

-Spinach leaves or lettuce (whichever you prefer)
-Red cabbage
-red onion, sliced thin
-Radicchio
-tomato, sliced
-red radish slices
-red bell pepper, sliced thin
-either pickled or cold red beet, sliced thin
-red delicious apple, cut into chunks
-dried cranberries
-walnuts or pecans
-raspberry vinaigrette dressing

I also like it with a few torn up leaves of Arugula, but I cannot find Arugula around here. Sad. Arugula, also called "rocket," is a nutty flavored weed. I grew it abundantly in Long Beach in the dry climate.

I have also had this with slices of blood orange, but if you don't like bitter orange, skip that.

This is a delightful salad. It is challenging to keep finding red things to add to it. Today I saw a red cheese! believe it or not I may go back and buy some just to add one more ingredient!

A sidebar:

In the Pavilion restaurant we had to sit on pillows, squat on the floor, with our legs and knees beneath a low table. No chairs! Our table was about five feet wide and long, so we could sit side-by-side. Across from us was a wooden floor and a low platform for entertainers. The first was a belly dancer. The second was a chap with a woodwind musical instrument that played like an Oboe. His companion slithered out of a wicker basket and danced and swayed on the floor for him while he played. The companion was a long black Cobra!