Your Basic Tossed Salad

• 2 hearts romaine lettuce
• 2 small plum tomatoes, diced
• 1 Kirby cucumber or 1/4 European seedless cucumber, diced
• 1 small yellow onion or 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled and shredded
• 1 /4 cup (a couple of glugs) extra-virgin olive oil,
• 2 to 3 tablespoons (a couple of splashes) red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Coarse salt and black pepper

1. Place salad greens in a salad bowl and top with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, and carrot.
2. Place oil, vinegar and sugar in a small plastic container.
3. Put the lid on the container and shake dressing until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.
4. Pour dressing over salad.
5. Season salad with salt and pepper, to taste, and toss to combine.

hearts romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, yellow onion, carrot, couple, couple, sugar, salt

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/your-basic-tossed-salad-recipe.html (may not work)