SPICY CHOPPED SALAD

By avpeters

Ingredients

• • 2 cups giardiniera Italian hot pickled vegetable salad
• • 2 romaine hearts, chopped
• • 1/2 cup pitted good quality olives, any variety
• • 1/3 pound stick pepperoni or stick salami, diced
• • A handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it
• • 4 tablespoons prepared pesto
• • 3 to 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
• • Salt and pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Combine salad ingredients in a bowl and dress salad with vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, then season with salt and pepper, to your taste. In a small bowl, add 4 tablespoons pesto and a splash of red wine vinegar. Slowly pour in extra-virgin olive oil until the dressing just comes together. Drizzle the dressing over top of salad.