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Week of Soup & Salad 2012: Scallop Salad with Watercress and Bacon

Two trips to Ohio in two weeks means that Midwestern eating is taking its toll on John’s and my weight. Aaaand, next weekend will be a butter and meat filled trip to Amish Country for our anniversary. So in between, we’re sticking with soups and salads for lunch and dinner for 5 days.

We hit up Panera for lunch yesterday on the way home from Cleveland, and I made a scallops salad recipe from Cooking Light for dinner. The wilted greens mean the definition of “salad” is stretched a bit, but it did all come together nicely. I added a bunch of spinach to beef up the green portion of the recipe, and a squeeze of lemon to add some acidity. If you’re looking to make this vegetarian, it’ll probably lose something without the bacon, but you could maybe add smoked paprika to sub?

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